Street Vendors Are Increasingly Proliferating In The Istiqlal Mosque Area During Ramadan

Street vendors (PKL) in front of the Jakarta Istiqlal Mosque/ Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

JAKARTA - The Istiqlal Mosque area, Sawah Besar District, Central Jakarta, has again become a place for food street vendors (PKL) on Tuesday, April 11.

The traders sell various foods using a thrust cart. They held a selling stall on the shoulder of the road right in front of the main entrance to the Istiqlal Mosque, Central Jakarta.

In addition to carts, the traders are also equipped with tables and chairs that are placed on the shoulder of the road.

"The street vendors who are outside Istiqlal are outside the authority of Istiqlal. That is the matter of the DKI Jakarta Satpol PP," said the Head of the General Section (Kabag), HR and Public Relations of the Istiqlal Mosque Management Agency, Ismail Chawidu when confirmed by VOI, Tuesday, April 11.

In fact, the area must be sterile from street vendors. Although frequent control, in real conditions, street vendors still mushroom in the Istiqlal Mosque area.

"We have agreed that the PKL affairs outside the fence are the responsibility of the Central Jakarta City Government," he said.