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Jakarta teams up with Bekasi for Bantargebang takeover
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A worker passes by a methane gas pipe at the Bantar Gebang waste management facility in Bekasi, West Java, on June 19. (Antara/Risky Andrianto)
T
he Jakarta administration is teaming up with Bekasi in West Java to facilitate the takeover of the Bantar Gebang waste treatment facility following the city's plan to cancel the contract with operators PT Godang TUa Jaya and PT Navigat Organic Energy Indonesia.
"Jakarta and Bekasi had agreed that Jakarta can directly manage its own waste in Bekasi without intermediary operators. Any objections and blockage must be reported to the police," Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama said at City Hall on Friday.
Hundreds of people blocked the trucks of Jakarta Sanitation Office from entering Bantar Gebang on Wednesday. The protestors opposed Jakarta's plan to self-manage its own waste in the facility. Jakarta was set to terminate its long-run contract with the two operators and would run the facility on its own.
Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi said his administration would assist Jakarta in the Bantar Gebang takeover. He promised to prevent similar incidents from taking place and make sure that Jakarta's dump trucks could enter Bekasi. He said he would involve the police if any provocative actions taken place in Bantar Gebang.
“The land is owned by Jakarta. We fully support Jakarta as our partner and the capital of the country. We don’t want this waste problem to embarrass the whole country,” Rahmat said after a meeting with Ahok at City Hall. (rin)
