PKL Tambak Asri Asks The Surabaya City Government To Find Solutions Don't Go Sincerely

JATIM - Dozens of Street Vendors (PKL) who sell under the Tambak Asri Toll Bridge, Surabaya City, East Java (East Java), asked the local city government not to just displace it without a solution.

Spokesperson for the PKL Association Under the Tambak Asri Toll Road, Daniel Lukas Rorong, said that his party received a circular from the Surabaya Satpol PP asking for the location under the Tambak Asri Toll Bridge in Morokrembangan Village, Krembangan District, to be vacated no later than October 21, 2022.

"The street vendors were restless and restless after receiving the circular. But street vendors can breathe a sigh of relief because their plan to eviction their stalls has been postponed by the Satpol PP," he said in Surabaya, East Java, quoted from Antara, Sunday, October 23.

Related to this, Daniel admitted that he had indeed communicated with Assistant 2 of the Surabaya City Government Irvan Widyanto and Chairman of the Surabaya DPRD Adi Sutarwijono via WhatsApp (WA) message to ask for a solution regarding this matter.

"This is because the circular was only received by PKL Under the Tambak Asri Toll Road on October 19, 2022 without any previous notification in the form of socialization," he said.

According to Daniel, there is something odd in the contents of the circular which is addressed to the owner of the illegal building under the toll bridge. In fact, he said, there are around 50 street vendors who are still actively selling there.

The street vendor sells by opening coffee shops, food stalls, soto rombongs, chicken satay, pulse counters, fried foods, haircuts, cloth maturizers to tire patchers.

"Before the COVID-10 pandemic, there were 80 registered as street vendors here," he said.

However, Daniel does not deny that there is indeed a wild building standing under the Tambak Asri toll bridge.

"If the target is indeed a wild building, please dismantle it. But if the street vendors are affected too, this is what needs to be held a meeting first to find a solution," he said.

In addition, Daniel also thanked Lawyers Sholeh and Ormas Madura Nusantara (Mantra) for providing legal assistance to street vendors under the Tambak Asri toll road to ensure that the eviction plan was postponed until later there was a meeting with the Surabaya City Government.

One of the local street vendors, Nurul, hopes that there will be no evictions in the stall where he has been selling so far.

"If it is evicted, where do my husband and I want to sell again? If it is in front of a resident's house, it will be expelled," said the street vendor selling this chicken and meat satay.

The same thing was also expressed by Giati, who opened a food stall. He hopes, if evicted, at least relocated so that he can sell again.

The Surabaya City Government previously relocated hundreds of residents who occupied illegal buildings under toll bridges and Kampung 1001 Night West Lasem Street, Dupak, Krembangan District, Surabaya City, on October 17, 2022.

According to the Mayor of Surabaya, Eri Cahyadi, after being vacated, the land will be built by pump houses to deal with inundation in the Krembangan sub-district and its surroundings. Meanwhile, residents who have lived in this area for a long time have also been transferred to a simple rental flat (Rusunawa) Sumur Welut.