Various ways to anticipate flood threat in West Jakarta keeps being intensified by 80 personnel of Jakarta Cleanliness Sub-Department. One of them is cleaning Apuran, Cengkareng and Opak river, Tambora, West Jakarta.

They clean trash in river and also water channel

The Executor Head of West Jakarta Cleanliness Unit (UPK), Nuryadi acknowledged that his side involved freelancers from local resident to clean those rivers. The residents’ participation aims to foster a sense of belonging with the environment by maintaining the cleanliness.

“We involved local residents, to foster their awareness of cleanliness around their residential,” he expressed, Saturday (8/1).

Beside cleaning the trash, the officer along with residents are also cleaning water channel in their residential.

“They clean trash in river and also water channel,” he disclosed.