Kedoya Market`s Street Vendor Needs to Be Relocated
Reported by Erna Martiyanti | Translated by Arief Rahman
The existence of PKL (street vendors) around Kedoya Market, Kedoya Utara Urban Village, Kebon Jeruk Sub-district, West Jakarta start worrying the official traders at the area. The problems has been known by Jakarta Vice Governor, Djarot Saiful Hidajat while visiting to the market, Tuesday (1/27).
All PKL should be moved into the market, the place still possible for them
To respond the traders' complaint, Djarot immediately ordered Head of Kedoya Urban Village, Ahmad Latif, to control the PKL at the area. "I give him one month. He promised and committed to resign or fired if the problem remains the same," told Djarot.
Besides that, Djarot also asked the PKL to be moved inside the market due to many empty kiosks are still available. "All PKL should be moved into the market, the place still possible for them," he said. The kiosk is free for the first six months.
Djarot Complained Trash Smell in Kedoya MarketBased on beritajakarta.com monitoring, the condition of the 3 level market building is good. The ground floor is used for vegetables, meat, and fruits kiosks. Then at 2nd level is used for gold and clothing store, while the 3rd level is used for children playground and recitation.
Furthermore, besides given responsibility to handle the PKL, Head of Kedoya Pasar Jaya market, Dede Tabrizi was asked to accommodate the traders’ aspiration as to relocate the trash dump site location.
"I will be demoted or resign if this problem remains the same. It's the governor's order," he admitted.
