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View all search resultsBekasi to protest Jakarta over leachate from dump trucks
Bekasi plans to send a protest letter to the Jakarta administration in the hope that it will fix its garbage trucks.
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Garbage trucks line up to dump garbage at the Bantar Gebang dump in Bekasi, West Java. (Wartakota via tribunnews.com /Ichwan Chasan)
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he Bekasi administration says it will urge Jakarta to repair its garbage trucks so that they no longer drip leachate when passing through the West Java city.
Bekasi Environment Agency head Yayan Yuliana said the agency planned to send a letter to the Jakarta administration to press it to improve its garbage trucks.
“We will send the letter soon to gain their attention so that they fix their garbage trucks,” Yayan said on Tuesday as reported by Antara news agency.
Yayan said the Bekasi administration had four road sweeper trucks that it had purchased for Rp 15 billion (US$1 million) last year.
"We bought the road sweepers using our 2018 city budget,” Yayan said.
Yayan said the road sweeper trucks not only cleaned the main roads in Bekasi but also cleaned up the leachate dropped by Jakarta’s garbage trucks.
“Jakarta should also use one of its road sweepers [in Bekasi] because it is their responsibility to clean up the drips,” he said.
The agency’s secretary, Kustantinah Puji Wahyuni, said Bekasi’s road sweepers could not only sweep but also vacuum trash off the streets.
“They can also suck up mud and dirt, but not too much,” Kustantinah said
Jakarta, Depok and Bogor regency in West Java all have road sweepers, she added. (ami)
