Coal Dust Still Polluted, Marunda Residents Urge Anies To Freeze PT KCN's Business Permit

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JAKARTA - One of the companies responsible for polluting coal dust in Rusunawa Maruda, Cilincing, North Jakarta, namely PT Karya Citra Nusantara (PT KCN) was given an administrative sanction by the DKI Provincial Government.

However, until the 90th day of the imposition of sanctions, residents of Rusunawa Marunda still feel the contamination of coal dust. Of the 32 sanctions points imposed by the DKI Provincial Government, it turns out that only 4 sanctions points have been followed up by PT KCN.

"Also, the four points that are adhered to are not significant in reducing environmental pollution due to coal dust which is increasingly present and living together with the residents of Rusunawa Marunda," said public attorney for the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute, Jihan Fauziah Hamdi in a statement, Wednesday, June 15.

For this matter, Jihan said that the Rusunawa Marunda Community Forum urged DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to impose stricter sanctions in the form of freezing of business licenses to PT KCN.

Because, Article 521 of PP Number 22 of 2021 firmly regulates every business actor and/or activity that does not carry out government coercion and does not pay a late fee for implementing government coercion, its business license can be frozen.

"PT KCN's lack of seriousness in carrying out environmental restoration can be seen from the many administrative sanctions that are not adhered to, so PT KCN's business license should be frozen," said Jihan.

In addition, Jihan continued, Marunda residents also urged Anies to impose heavier administrative sanctions accompanied by administrative fines to PT KCN because the administrative sanctions imposed were ineffective and reduced existing environmental pollution.

Jihan said that a number of demands from the Marunda Rusunawa Community Forum had been expressed in a letter of complaint to Anies on the 90th day of imposing administrative sanctions on PT KCN.

For information, the problem of coal dust pollution was revealed when a member of the DKI Jakarta DPRD received a complaint from a resident of Marunda Flats whose air in their area was polluted with coal dust. Marunda residents began to feel this air pollution disturbance since 2018.

Four years since the coal dust pollution, many residents have complained about their health conditions, ranging from respiratory problems or ARI, skin diseases such as itching, to damage to the eyes.

Until finally, the DKI Provincial Government reacted. On Tuesday, March 15, the DKI Environment Agency imposed an administrative sanction on PT KCN.

PT KCN was proven to have polluted coal dust in loading and unloading activities which resulted in losses for Marunda residents.