Residents Of Joglo Complain About Land Backfilling On Jalan Menara KAV DKI Meruya, West Jakarta

Police officers and authorities at the backfill/ Photo location: IST

The activities of backfiring the soil on Jalan Menara KAV DKI, North Meruya, West Jakarta, have been complained of by the public. Not only disturbing traffic, land spills on the highway also threaten the safety of motorists.

"It's all big trucks. The land disbursement falls along this road," said Afif, a resident of Joglo.

Seeing this condition, Afif asked the West Jakarta City Government to take firm action and check the permit for the backfilling location. Where the backfilling is carried out for the benefit of large developers who ignore the safety of road users.

"I go to work always through Jalan Menara KAV DKI Meruya Selatan, Kembangan. It's land scattered along the road. It's better to clean it up, the land is just left on the road," explained Afif.

Not only that, when it rains, the road conditions become slippery. This condition can cause accidents.

"A lot of land was scattered on the road. Even after work, when it rained, the road became slippery," he said.

Afif also asked the Governor to check locations such as the Governor of West Java when there were complaints from the public.

"If only a ticket is given, after that, the trucks will definitely be able to operate again. If the governor doesn't come down, I think it will be like this again," he said.

Officials from the Transportation Service and the TNI-Polri have also visited the location of the land backfilling. The reason is that no backfill permit sign was found around the location.

Responding to the complaint, Head of West Jakarta Transportation Agency, Afandy admitted that his party had arrived at the backfill location.

"For the complaints of road users and the community, we together with the TNI-Polri ranks have checked the location. That's right, we saw a queue of trucks at the location," Afandy said.

Afandy said that his party also found that several trucks did not use cover when transporting land. Thus, officers impose strict sanctions on truck drivers.

"We immediately took firm action in the form of a ticket to the trucks because there were several trucks that did not use tarpaulins, resulting in soil disbursement on the road," he said.

Afandy emphasized that he would continue to take action if the backfilling project continued to disturb the community. On the other hand, the surrounding community also requires the legality of the project.

"If it is found that the trucks violate the operating hours, they will not hesitate to play according to the laws and regulations," he concluded.