DPR RI Sentil Depok City Government, Construction Of 10 Million Liters Of Water Tanks Called Salahi Rules

DPR RI member Intan Fauzi assessed that the construction of water tanks or water giant tanks in Mekarjaya Village, Sukmajaya District, Depok violated the rules. In particular, socialization and information for local residents.

This was said by Intan after receiving a complaint from residents of Mekarjaya Village, Sukmajaya District, Depok City, Tuesday, August 22. He said, the complaint was related to the construction of a giant water tank or water tank containing 10 million liters of water built by the Regional Drinking Water Company (PDAM) Tirta Asasta Depok City.

"There are rules in the construction of water tanks, namely that they must go through the socialization stage to residents, especially residents whose houses are close to project sites," said Intan in his statement, Thursday, August 24.

From residents' complaints, the West Java VI electoral district legislator emphasized that the affected residents had submitted objections and rejections to the construction of the Tirta Asasta PDAM water tank. Residents stated that the refusal was submitted in an official letter to PDAM Tirta Asasta and the Depok City Government.

Because, before sending a letter, residents admitted that they had never been shown a Building Permit (IMB), AMDAL and a social test from PDAM Tirta Asasta and the Depok City Government. Intan explained that IMB is a legal product in the form of approval or licensing issued by the local government. Meanwhile, the test or ground test is to find out the underground structure.

Then, as conveyed by residents, from the facts of the trial at the Bandung Administrative Court, it was revealed that residents had never been shown an IMB.

"Based on the residents' statements and strengthened by the facts of the trial, I express my support that the construction of the water tank belonging to PDAM Tirta Asasta is administratively flawed. Because it involves the security and safety of the residents, he asked the panel of judges of the Bandung Administrative Court to grant the residents' claims," said Intan.

For information, Intan Fauzi admitted that he had made a visit to the water tank construction site on Sunday, August 20, 2023. As a result, it was found that there was no transparency from PDAM Tirta Asasta regarding the construction of a water tank.

"For example, at the time of construction there were no information boards installed around the project site. Residents who objected also had difficulty getting information, both from PDAM Tirta Asasta and the Depok City Government," said Intan.

Based on residents' information, the socialization that PDAM said was only a unilateral claim because in reality it was just an ordinary meeting and only to the four people whose distance did not directly coexist with the giant water tank.

In his complaint, Yani Suratman, a resident of RT 04 RW 26, Mekarjaya Village, Sukmajaya District, Depok City, revealed that on July 31 and August 5, 2021, several residents' houses found mud floods and wet garbage that smelled very bad from the water tank construction project. At that time, residents did not know that two water tanks would be built near their homes with a capacity of 10 million tons of water each.

"The guardlock belonging to the Pesona Estate II housing collapsed and had potholes at many points causing roads along 4 housing blocks and one resident's house to be filled with mud," said Yani.

Yani continued, the assembly of the giant tank was very fast with the knockout process being carried out at night, which greatly disturbed the comfort of resting residents. "Bising. Especially residents who live 5 to 10 meters from the project site," Yani continued.

Residents who are restless, Yani continued, in June 2022 are then given the opportunity to meet PDAM Tirta Asasta but can only be held on September 12, 2022 at the PDAM Office in Depok City.