Bekasi Commemorates World Cleanup Day With Gotong Royong To Clean Sadang River

Gotong royong across sectors cleans the Sadang River flow in West Cikarang District, Bekasi Regency, West Java in commemoration of World Cleanup Day, Saturday, September 20, 2025 (ANTARA)

BEKASI - The Bekasi Regency Government, West Java, held a mutual cooperation activity to clean up the Kali Sadang flow in West Cikarang District along with related cross-sectors in commemoration of the world clean-up day or World Cleanup Day (WCD).

"This social action involves the community, volunteers, elements of the TNI/Polri and other relevant agencies. This activity is not only interpreted as a linguistic cleaning action but also an important momentum to preserve nature in a sustainable manner," said Head of the Bekasi Regency Environment Agency, Syafri Donny Sirait, quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, September 21.

He said the activity to commemorate World Clean-up Day in Bekasi Regency is expected not to stop at ceremonial actions only but to be the starting point in uniting the steps of the government, society and environmental activists in formulating real work programs.

"This WCD is a starting point for all of us to join hands to protect the environment. In the future, we will collect environmental activists to jointly formulate a more targeted work program to preserve the environment," he said.

He said that this social movement also involved the participation of students as the next generation with the hope that they had been given education early on and had the opportunity to be directly involved so that they could understand the importance of protecting the environment.

He assessed that collaboration with regional officials and local law enforcers is important to improve considering their duties as at the forefront of monitoring, controlling and preventing environmental pollution, especially related to waste and rivers.

"With the commemoration of World Cleanup Day, we really hope that this momentum will be a joint step to improve, with the involvement of all parties, in order to create a clean, healthy, and sustainable Bekasi Regency," he said.

The leader of WCD Bekasi Raya Joko Suseno added that the activities carried out simultaneously around the world today are not just acts to clean the environment, but the momentum to strengthen public awareness in natural conservation efforts.

"This should be appreciated, all elements of society gather and affirm the commitment to keep nature sustainable so that we will pass on a clean and healthy environment to our children and grandchildren later. We protect nature, so nature will protect us," he said.