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Greater Jakarta: Cable material found in city drain
The Central Jakarta Water Management Agency found 12 cubic meters of cable jacket material in a drain in front of City Hall on Sunday
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he Central Jakarta Water Management Agency found 12 cubic meters of cable jacket material in a drain in front of City Hall on Sunday.
The agency’s maintenance unit head, Boris Karlop Lumbangaol, said the material might have been dumped recently because its maintenance staff, the “blue troops”, routinely cleaned the waterways.
“We cleaned [cable jacket material] from the drains in 2016 and last year. We found 12 cubic meters of cable jacket material again this year while working in front of City Hall,” Boris said on Monday, according to kompas.com.
In 2016, a large amount of cable jacket material was found in drains throughout the high-security area, which is home to the Presidential and Vice Presidential Offices as well as the Unite States Embassy, in Central Jakarta.
The city administration collected dozens of truckloads of cable jacket material from the drains at the time.
The Jakarta Police said the dumping was allegedly related to negligent contractors and copper theft.
Boris said he could not say whether the dumping was related to theft. “Our job is just to clean the drains,” he added.
