Disbursed IDR 10 Billion For The Revitalization Of The Lembursitu Market, Ridwan Kamil: Formerly This Market Was Slum

West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil during the inauguration of Lembursitu Market, in Sukabumi City, Saturday, January 8 (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil said the West Java (Jabar) Provincial Government spent a budget of Rp 10 billion to renovate the Sukabumi City Overtime Market through the West Java Champion People's Market Program.

"In the past, this market was slum, now it is cleaner and more organized. This is extraordinary progress. The budget from the province is Rp. 10 billion," said Ridwan Kamil after inaugurating the Overtime Market in Sukabumi City, as reported by Antara, Saturday, January 8.

After being revitalized, said Ridwan Kamil, the market condition is now much cleaner, beautiful and organized.

Accompanied by the Mayor of Sukabumi, Achmad Fahmi, Kang Emil, the governor's nickname, surveyed several corners of the market which has 80 stalls for traders.

According to him, the new design of the Overtime market is simple, but neat, and will raise the class of traditional market civilization to be more comfortable.

"I personally prefer to go to traditional markets, but there are not many slums. This is an example," said Kang Emil.

He also entrusted the manager to always maintain the cleanliness and order of the market through an innovation.

"For market managers, aspects of cleanliness and order must be maintained every day. Cleaning techniques must be good, look for innovations," he said.

Although it has been inaugurated, the situation on the ground is that there is no buying and selling activity at the Lembursitu Market because the Sukabumi City Government is still calculating the rental price for stalls.

Kang Emil hopes that the rental price can be affordable by traders.

"The mayor's team will determine the most reasonable price, so that it can be accepted by traders," he said.

The new Pasar Lembursitu stall filler will be prioritized for existing traders.

"Old traders are 100 percent facilitated," said Kang Emil.

Until now, the West Java Champion People's Market program has transformed 23 traditional markets in a number of areas out of a total of 300 markets in West Java.

"Our dream is that all traditional markets are paid in installments every year until they undergo a transformation like this," said Kang Emil.