Ministry Of PUPR Assists 200 Septic Tanks In Jenebora Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan

The Ministry of PUPR provides assistance for 200 units of portable septic tanks for underprivileged residents in Jenebora Village, North Penajam Paser Regency

PENAJAM PASER UTARA - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) provided assistance of 200 units of portable septic tanks for underprivileged residents in Jenebora Village, North Penajam Paser Regency (PPU), East Kalimantan.

"This assistance is provided through the PPU Regency Housing, Settlement and Land Office (DPKPP), so our relationship is directly with the PPU DPKPP," said Lurah Jenebora Masrani in Penajam, quoted by Antara, Monday, September 6.

The reason is that the 200 septic tanks have all been divided into 200 houses that do not have a septic tank. However, of this number, only 58 have been installed.

Of the 58 installed, he continued, only 10 septic tanks were used by the recipients, because some of the pipes were still lacking and there were toilets that the residents had not finished building.

Actually, he continued, he and the non-governmental organization (KSM), the party that installed the septic tanks, targeted that by August 31, everything should have been installed.

However, because there are constraints in distributing the budget from the DPKPP of PPU Regency, this work has not been completed, so he cannot confirm when the installation of the septic tank in the kelurahan will be completed.

Previously, the Head of the PPU Regency DPKPP Riviana Noor said this year the PUPR Ministry allocated a Special Allocation Fund for Sanitation (DAK) in the form of installing 1,212 septic tanks with a budget of IDR 7 billion.

Septic tanks, with a total of 1,212 units, were installed in 12 villages/kelurahan spread over four sub-districts with stunting children, namely in Sepaku District there are three villages, Babulu District is five villages, and Penajam District is four villages.

This individual septic tank installation program is carried out using a self-management mechanism, which is carried out by KSM. One of the villages that received assistance from this program was Jenebora.

"Each village/kelurahan gets a different number of septic tank installations, because it is adjusted to the few or the many residents who experience stunting," said Riviana.