West Java DPRD Members Ask For Serious Handling Of Garbage On The Cirebon Coast

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CIREBON - Member of the Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) of West Java Province, Heru Suandharu, asked for serious handling of piles of garbage on the beach in Kesenden Village, Kejaksan District, Cirebon City, because these conditions made it difficult for local fishermen.

"All parties from the Cirebon City Government, the West Java Provincial Government, the central government and technical services, must step in to deal with it," Heru said in Cirebon, Thursday, while inspecting piles of garbage on the coast of Cirebon City, as quoted by Antara, Thursday, December 9.

Heru, who is the chairman of the PKS faction of the West Java DPRD, assessed that the handling of waste on the coast of Kesenden Village, Cirebon City, is not enough to only be handled downstream, but must start from upstream.

"If it is just downstream or at the estuary, it will be very expensive and will not be completed, so it must come from the upstream of the Kedungpane River," he said.

According to him, the handling that must be done also includes reforestation, educating the public along the Kedungpane Watershed (DAS), so as not to throw garbage into the river, facilitating garbage collection and others.

In addition, he also received a suggestion that nets be provided at several points along the river to filter waste so that it does not get carried away by the current and accumulate on the coast.

Heru also advised that the cleaning of garbage that has accumulated on the coast and dredging of sedimentation in the Kedungpane River should continue.

"Meanwhile, in the long term, it must come from upstream, and this requires the participation of all parties, sitting down together to find a solution," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of Kesenden Village, Ruliyanto, said that due to the accumulation of garbage on the coast and river estuaries, fishermen had difficulties, where they had to wait for high tide to anchor their boats at the mouth of the Kedungpane River.

"Because of this garbage, fishermen have to wait up to three to four hours to lean back," he said.

He said this condition affects fishermen's income because the fish they get from the sea are not fresh anymore, so the price drops.

However, his party acknowledged that some time ago the sedimentation of the Kedungpane River had been dredged and the garbage that had filled the coast of Kesenden Village was transported.