Keep Adipura, Bogor City DPRD Ready To Fight For Cleaning Officer Incentives

Bogor Mayor Bima Arya and Bogor City DPRD Chairman Atang Trisnanto paraded the Adipura Cup around the city, Tuesday 6 February (doc the Bogor City Government)

BOGOR - Chairman of the Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) of Bogor City, West Java, Atang Trisnanto, said that the Council is ready to formulate budget incentives for approximately 1,700 cleaners together with the Bogor City Government.

According to Atang, budget incentives for yellow troops need to be given as an appreciation for their contribution to cleanliness throughout the city so that twice in a row in 2023 and 2024 they will receive the Adipura award from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) after 28 years of never being achieved.

"I think this should be highly appreciated. Especially for the cleaning staff as the front line. There was a short discussion with the Mayor and the Head of Office. We are looking for a regulatory umbrella and assign DLH to formulate a form of appreciation to the cleaning forces. DPRD is ready to fight," said Atang, Wednesday, February 6.

Atang said that the cleaning staff was at the forefront of transporting garbage in settlements, parks, agency buildings and all over the city so that the impression of slums was no longer pinned and the Adipura award was now worth getting.

The award for the Adipura Award and the Peak of the Commemoration of National Waste Care Day was symbolically opened by the Vice President (Wapres) of the Republic of Indonesia (RI), Ma'ruf Amin, which began with the awarding of the Adipura Kencana Award to a number of regions.

Bogor City, won the Adipura Cup Award which was symbolically given to the Mayor of Bogor, Bima Arya by the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Environment (KLHK), Alue Dohong at the Manggala Wanabakti Building, Jakarta on Tuesday.

"In addition to incentives or bonuses for adipura achievement, in the future we need to think about the budget for their welfare. Several forms of programs such as health insurance, employment, housing feasibility and education for their children, we consider, although we still have to look at the availability of budgets and regulations. We are fighting for through the integration of programs from each OPD," said Atang.

Atang explained, with various forms of efforts to improve the welfare of cleaners, it is hoped that their professionalism will increase so that the cleanliness of Bogor City will increase according to the criteria of Adipura Kencana. In addition, their profession can provide better pride and access to life for their families.

A total of approximately 1,700 janitors need to get a welfare survey, then validate what they need from options for improving welfare formulated and successfully getting a portion of the budget.

Atang is committed to overseeing the invitation to improve the welfare of cleaners to the Bogor City government to set aside the budget allocation of the APBD, as well as the West or Central Java Provincial government assistance budget. Also, look for the right regulations to implement it.

He argues that the Adipura award is pinned by the central government, it is also necessary to get support so that there is a budget allocation for the clean fighters. Cleanliness, he said, is a social, health, economic and even political issue that is the responsibility of all residents of Bogor City.

"It's like getting a world trophy, yellow, green, orange troops, the national team. We are proud to get an adipura trophy, one of which is clean for this city because of them. Who wants to go to Bogor City, if it's still slum? No. We appreciate Mr. Mayor Bima Arya, Mr. Deputy Mayor, Mr. Dedie Rachim and the council who always support the pro-people program," he said.

The Bogor City Adipura Cup will be won in 2023 and will receive it again in 2024, after the last time Bogor City received the Adipura award in 1995.

Atang Trisnanto also appreciated the cleaning staff at the Environment Agency (DLH), the green officers at the Housing and Settlement Service, including orange officers at the Bogor City Public Works and Spatial Planning (PUPR).

"When the residents of Bogor City have not been maintained, they are already awake. When the residents of Bogor City have taken a break, they still feel tired," he concluded.