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Dump trucks guarantee passage to Bantar Gebang landfill
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Garbage trucks line up to dump garbage at the Bantar Gebang landfill in Bekasi, West Java. (Wartakota via tribunnews.com /Ichwan Chasan)
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he police have guaranteed that garbage trucks transporting solid waste from Jakarta to a landfill in Bantar Gebang, Bekasi, West Java, will not have their passage blocked.
“The trucks are now free to take garbage to the Bantar Gebang dump. We have secured the way,” said Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Awi Setiyono in Jakarta on Friday as reported by tribunnews.com.
Awi did not explain what measures the police had taken.
Hundreds of people blockaded the access road to the dump on Thursday to stop garbage trucks from Jakarta taking their loads to the facility.
The incident occurred after the Jakarta administration sent a third letter to the two operators of the dump -- PT Godang Tua Jaya and PT Navigat Organic Energy Indonesia – advising that it would soon take over management of the 100-hectare facility.
Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama had expressed concern over the blockade, calling it an act of thuggery designed to stop the city from taking over management of the dump. He also instructed the police to arrest anyone who attempted to block access to Bantar Gebang.
Meanwhile, Ahok guaranteed on Friday the welfare of workers after the taking over of the management of the facility, saying they would be paid Rp 3.1 million monthly in accordance with the Jakarta minimum wage level.
“After the takeover, the wages of all workers will be equal to the minimum wage in the city,” said Ahok at City Hall on Friday. (bbn)
