DKI Provincial Government Will Give Red Cards To Visitors Who Break The Rules At Tebet Eco Park

Tebet Eco Park/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - Head of the DKI Jakarta City Parks and Forest Service, Suzi Marsitawati, said that her party would put up an announcement board containing rules that visitors to Tebet Eco Park must obey when it reopens.

Currently, Tebet Eco Park is still closed due to the chaos caused by illegal parking attendants and street vendors who trade without a permit. In addition, the DKI Provincial Government is also repairing the facilities in it.

If there are visitors or traders who violate these rules, the manager will apply a red card as a sign of imposition of sanctions.

"We prepare the board there as well and we also make a penalty card, a red card. Right, we monitor them. If they damage, we immediately give a red card. Then we will give a warning letter, the violation letter, to the person concerned via email," said Suzi to reporters, Monday, July 4.

If there are residents who receive a red card from the manager, Suzi continued, the person concerned will be prohibited from entering the Tebet Eco Park area for 3 months.

Suzi said that the mechanism for imposing sanctions and collecting data on people who visited Tebet Eco Park would be included in the system in the latest Jakarta application (JAKI).

"Because the Tebet Eco Park has entered the system, later we will start how the community can be disciplined. Don't feel because the park is free, but destructive. So, even though it is free, it must be maintained," said Suzi.

When it reopens, there will be a limit on visitors to Tebet Eco Park up to 8,000 on Monday to Friday (weekdays), and 10,000 people on Saturday, Sunday (weekends) and holidays.

In addition, people who will enter the Tebet Eco Park must first register through the Jakarta Kini (JAKI) application. Later, there will be barcode scanning and supervised by officers at the entrance.

Thus, when the number of registrants at JAKI has met the provided capacity, the public can no longer register and must visit Tebet Eco Park the next day.

"On weekdays we have 8,000 per day, on weekends 10,000-16,000 so that people inside feel comfortable because yesterday was so that there is a feeling that being in the park is more comfortable and then providing opportunities for other people," said Suzi.

The Tebet Eco Park problem arose because of the large number of visitors, accompanied by the proliferation of illegal parking and street vendors without permits, drawing protests from local residents.

Since the Tebet Eco Park was inaugurated two months ago, residents of Jakarta and outside the area have flocked to enjoy this green open space.

However, it turns out that the number of residents who come to Tebet Eco Park is so high that the park and the surrounding area become very crowded. Unexpectedly, visitors who come can reach six times the capacity.

"The park, which was designed with a capacity of 8-10 thousand, once had 60,000 residents on a weekend. The opportunity to enjoy the park has been greatly reduced due to the extreme density," said DKI Jakarta Governor, Anies Baswedan, some time ago.

Therefore, Anies decided to temporarily close the Tebet Eco Park for a few weeks until the end of June. As long as it is closed, the DKI Provincial Government will fix the park which has the aim of restoring the ecosystem and naturalizing the green and blue open space.

"So, we have to reorganize the management of Tebet Eco Park. For the time being, Tebet Eco Park will be closed until the end of June to make improvements to the facilities," he continued.