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Sandiaga urges posh neighborhood to stop using groundwater
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Jakarta Deputy Governor Sandiaga Uno (right) jogs from his house in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, to City Hall in Central Jakarta, on Oct. 20, 2017. (Antara/Galih Pradipta)
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n a bid to stop the use of groundwater to avoid land subsidence, Jakarta Deputy Governor Sandiaga Uno said he would start the campaign from his own neighborhood, the elite residential area of Senopati, South Jakarta.
Sandiaga believed many of his neighbors used groundwater on a daily basis, just as he did before the city administration started an initiative to limit groundwater use in early March.
“This area is among the established areas in Jakarta, but many still use groundwater [instead of pipe water],” Sandiaga said on Wednesday at his house, adding that he would go door-to-door to disseminate information on the negative impacts of the rampant use of groundwater and to urge his neighbors to switch to pipe water.
“Let’s stop using groundwater. Should any of my neighbors still suck up the groundwater, we will make them pay high taxes,” the deputy governor said.
The city administration is set to raid at least 80 buildings along Jl. Sudirman and Jl. MH Thamrin to find out whether they use groundwater. Gubernatorial Decree No. 38/2017 on groundwater tax collection states that owners of buildings that use water groundwater are subject to taxes.
