PPSU Personnel Clean Up Clogged Channels in RW 02 Cilangkap
Reported by Nurito | Translated by Maria Inggita
The Cilangkap Urban Village, Cipayung, East Jakarta deployed 10 PPSU personnel to clean up clogged channels in RT 01 and 02/RW 02 on Monday (3/7).
Besides inundation, it also aims to anticipate Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever cases
Cilangkap Urban Village Head, Nasir Sugiar stated, there was a lot of garbage and silt clogging the channels, causing puddles on the road. This situation was feared to trigger Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae, the cause of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF).
Therefore, those personnel cleaned channels manually using simple tools, such as hoes, dustpans, shovels, crowbars, and digging forks.
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Regarding clogged channels in RT 01/02, his side planned to build a 16-meter culvert with a diameter of 50 centimeters after he asked for permission from residents whose land.
"We will soon involve PPSU to build it," he added.
Moreover, his side also promoted a clean and healthy lifestyle to residents and asked them not to throw garbage into water channels.
"We also urge them to be independent mosquito larvae monitors in their respective homes by regularly cleaning places that can become mosquito nests," he said.
