DKI Provincial Government Asks For Sacrificial Animal Waste Not To Be Thrown Into Rivers In Jakarta

Illustration of the sacrifice welcoming Eid al-Adha. (Antaranews)

JAKARTA - Head of the DKI Jakarta Food, Maritime and Agriculture Security Service (KPKP) Suharini Eliawati asked people who cut sacrificial animals not to throw cut waste into the river.

Eli said this appeal had been conveyed to mosque administrators in Jakarta, which is usually the location for slaughtering sacrificial animals when Eid Al-Adha arrives.

"We convey that the mosque committee is obliged to carry out the handling of the waste so as not to be disposed of in the river," said Eli at a DPRD Commission B meeting at the DKI Jakarta DPRD building, Wednesday, June 14.

Then, Eli also suggested that the meat of the sacrificial animal should not be distributed for more than six hours with the aim of not reducing the quality of the meat.

Then, he suggested that the system for distributing sacrificial animals be carried out by giving it directly to the recipient's house. So, people do not struggle at the slaughter location.

"Let the RT RW friends convey, with what hope is that there will be a spread and accuracy of the target," he said.

On the other hand, in line with that, Eli advised the public to slaughter sacrificial animals in slaughterhouses (RPH). The DKI Provincial Government itself has several RPHs and slaughterhouses (TPH), namely RPH Cakung, RPH Pulogadung, TPH Semanan, and TPH Cilangkap.

"Then we convey that there are locations for mosques that we recommend, or if all of you will hold their own cuts, please let us know what date, so that we can send officers to provide assistance," he said.

This year, continued Eli, the DKI Provincial Government deployed 700 people in the team to monitor the cleanliness and feasibility of the sacrificial animal slaughter process in Jakarta.

They consist of elements from the KPKP Office, the IPB Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, the DKI Jakarta branch of the Indonesian Veterinary Association (PDHI Jakarta), and the Ministry of Agriculture.

"Hopefully with all our synergy efforts the local government and the central government then with other communities, things that we are worried about don't happen," said Eli.