Rapala Bakamla Collects Up To 6.8 Tons Of Waste In Batam

Rapala Bakamla RI collects up to 6.8 tons of garbage in Batam (ANTARA/HO-Bakamla RI Batam)

JAKARTA - Volunteers for the Archipelago Sea Guard (Rapara) Bakamla City, Riau Islands managed to collect up to 6.8 tons of garbage in one day in the Bulung Island Village area, Bulang.

Bakamla Youth Expert Public Relations Pranata Captain Bakamla Yuhanes Antara said the activity would be carried out every week for two months.

The garbage was collected by Rapala Bakamla Batam together with Forkopimda Batam, Seven Clean Seas, as well as fishermen in the waste-cleaning activities of the Maritime Love KKP program organized by the Batam Coastal and Marine Resources Management Center (BPSPL).

"The waste collected 6.8 tons in one day, in the Bulung Island Village area," said Yuhanes as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, May 23.

With this activity, it is hoped that it can increase awareness of the surrounding community about the importance of maintaining environmental cleanliness, in order to maintain ecosystems in the sea.

Previously, the Bakamla Batam Base, Riau Islands distributed dozens of food packages to fishermen on the buffer island ahead of Eid al-Fitr 1445 Hijri.

Head of Bakamla Batam Base Colonel Bakamla I Nyoman Armenhia said food packages were also given to mothers and widows in several locations such as Lence Island, Tembesi, and Panjang Barat Island.

"By sharing in the month of Ramadan, Pangkalan Bakamla Batam seeks to spread happiness and concern for others, creating a strong bond among local communities," Armenhia said in a statement received in Batam, Thursday.

His party also carried out a social visit to the residence of one of the Bakamla Batam Base personnel as a form of attention to the families of personnel who have family members who suffer from the Global Development Delay (GDD) disease.