Tamansari People Crossing Tunnel Unmaintained
Reported by TP Moan Simanjuntak | Translated by Arief Rahman
Underground people crossing tunnel (TPO) at Tamansari, West Jakarta, experience a very poor condition. The facility such as fountain and the plant around the pool are not maintained and full of street vendors (PKL). As a result, beside makes the TPO looks dirty, also make the crossing citizens feel uncomfortable.
The TPO existence is very important to go to Transjakarta bus without using a crowded road. But slowly the TPO becomes dirty
Based on beritajakarta.com monitoring, the water inside the pool looks green and almost black. The tools on the middle of the fountain is not functioned. Not only that, the plants around the pool also dead. The condition getting worse with many of street vendors who selling along the tunnel. As a result, at the rush hour in the morning and afternoon, the crossing citizen are stunted.
Lisda (38), RT 04/07 citizen, Pinangsia urban village, Tamansari Sub-District, admitted that she crosses the underground TPO to ride the Transjakarta bus to her office on Jalan Sudirman. But she feels regret about the unmaintained condition of the TPO.
127 Roads Project in West Jakarta Constrained"The TPO existence is very important to go to Transjakarta bus without using a crowded road. But slowly the TPO becomes dirty. Also the PKL, they must be curbed because disturb the citizen," she said, Saturday (10/25).
Besides that, added Lisda, the two lifts are redundant because never be used. "It means, the 2 lift existence become redundant," added Lisda.
Head of West Jakarta Satpol PP, Kadiman Sitinjak said, for the PKL, vagrant, and the teenager who usually stay on the TPO are often been controlled by Satpol PP. "Because we often curb the location, now the vagrant and the teenager that usually there is none at the fountain," Kadiman explained.
But, Kadiman added, for the PKL are crowd again, his side will coordinate with Transportation Department as the TPO management to held the curb. "About the facilities on the TPO is the Transportation Department responsibility," Kadiman said.
