Total 7 Victims Died in Bantargebang Landslide Found

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) said all the victims who were missing due to landslides of garbage mounds at the Bantargebang Integrated Waste Processing Site (TPST) had been found.

"At 23.30 WIB, the joint SAR team found one victim who was identified as Riki Supriadi (L/40) in a dead condition and evacuated to the Kramat Jati Police Hospital," said Head of the Jakarta SAR Office Desiana Kartika Bahari as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, March 10.

He also said that after 00.00 WIB, with the discovery of all the victims and the absence of reports of missing victims, the SAR operation was declared closed.

The following is the latest data on the victims of the garbage landslide in TPST Bantargebang:

Number of victims: 13 people

Data of survivors 1. Budiman (L) 2. Johan (L) 3. Safifudin ( L) 4. Slamet 5. Ato 6. Dofir

Data on the deceased victims 1. Enda Widayanti (25 years old) (P) (owner of the stall) 2. ⁠Sumine (60 years old) (P) (owner of the stall) 3. ⁠Dedi Sutrisno (Karawang) (L) (truck driver) 4. Irwan supriatin (L) (truck driver). 5. Jussova Situmorang (P/38) 6. Hardianto (L) 7. Riki Supriadi (L/40)

The Minister of Environment (LH) Hanif Faisol Nurofiq reminded the landslide of garbage in TPSTBantargebang to be a loud alarm for the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government to stop waste management with the open dumping method.

"This incident should not have happened if the management was carried out according to the rules. TPST Bantargebang must be a lesson for all of us to immediately improve for the safety of human life and environmental sustainability," said Minister of LH / Head of the Environment Control Agency (BPLH) Hanif Faisol Nurofiq in a statement confirmed in Jakarta, Monday (9/3).

He said the garbage landslide on Sunday (8/3), which caused four people to die, was proof of the systemic failure of waste management in Jakarta which should no longer be tolerated.

The deadly tragedy, said Hanif, is a loud alarm for the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government to immediately stop waste management with the open dumping method which continues to threaten the lives of residents and officers.

Currently, KLH/BPLH has begun a thorough investigation and strict enforcement of the law to ensure that the problem of garbage in the capital does not again take human lives.

Hanif also said that Bantargebang is a "tipping point" for the failure of waste management in Jakarta, which currently has a critical load of 80 million tons of waste for 37 years.

The use of the open dumping method at the location, according to Hanif, is considered to violate Law Number 18 of 2008 because the existing system is no longer able to reduce the risk of security for residents.