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City wins four Adipura awards
Four of Jakarta's municipalities have received Adipura environmental awards for being among the cleanest and greenest cities nationwide
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Four of Jakarta's municipalities have received Adipura environmental awards for being among the cleanest and greenest cities nationwide.
South Jakarta ranked second after South Sumatra's Palembang, followed by West Jakarta, Surabaya, North Jakarta and Central Jakarta. The four municipalities' victories left East Jakarta and the Thousand Islands regency off the winners' list.
Governor Fauzi Bowo delivered the awards to the mayors of each winning municipality in a ceremony at City Hall on Thursday.
The Jakarta Environmental Management Agency head Budirama Natakusumah said the board of Adipura judges had set a higher benchmark this year, which in turn meant East Jakarta was left off the winners' list.
"Each area needed to earn 73 points to win an award this year, compared to 71 points last year," he said.
"Despite the higher benchmark, four of our municipalities still managed to win a place."
Fauzi said in his speech that all municipalities should start preparing for next year's awards.
"We received five awards last year and only four this year, but's that's OK," he said.
The winning municipalities were among 94 winners, out of a total of 375 participating cities and regencies across the archipelago.
The assessments were carried out by a team from the State Minister for the Environment's office, involved universities, non-government organizations, the media and the administration, according to Budirama.
He said the field assessments were done in three separate periods: the August-September period last year, the January-February period and the verification period in April and May.
In addition, Sunter Hijau traditional market in North Jakarta and Suropati Park in Central Jakarta won the urban facility category.
Last year, the capital's main thoroughfare, Jl. Sudirman in Central Jakarta and Lebak Bulus bus terminal in South Jakarta won the category.
Elementary school SD Citra Alam Ciganjur in South Jakarta also received the Adiwiyata award for clean schools, while state elementary school SDN 12 Bendungan Hilir, Central Jakarta, and state junior high school SMPN 103 Cijantung, East Jakarta, have been nominated as models for clean schools.
The executive director of the Indonesian Environmental Forum of the Jakarta chapter, Slamet Daroyni, said he questioned whether sample areas selected by the board of judges represented the municipalities' actual environmental conditions.
"Garbage is a main problem in Jakarta. Each municipality only thinks of how to get rid of garbage from their areas and dump it elsewhere, creating problems in other locations," he said.
He said West Jakarta had problems with domestic laundry waste, which was contaminating the Mookevart River, and South Jakarta had transformed green areas into a business district in Kemang.
"I think the judges probably only assessed physical aspects, disregarding the quality of life of those living on the riverbanks, for example, of Ciliwung River in Menteng, Central Jakarta," he said.
