Coal Dust Has Spread In Marunda, PDIP Will Summon Anies' Subordinates To Ask For Responsibility

Residents clean the dust (Dok/KPAI)

JAKARTA - Member of the PDIP faction of the DKI Regional House of Representatives, Jhonny Simanjuntak, admitted that his party will summon the DKI Environment Agency to the ranks of the North Jakarta City Government to ask for responsibility for the problem of spreading coal dust in the Marunda area.

This was done after PDIP received complaints from several Marunda residents who were heard directly at the DKI Regional House of Representatives Building, yesterday.

PDIP, said Jhonny, will urge the ranks of Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan's subordinates to stop the spread of coal dust. Moreover, it has been felt by residents for the past four years.

"We, the PDI-P faction, will call the Environment Service and the City Government because they are Jakartans. The provincial government must protect its citizens who have been affected by coal dust", said Jhonny when contacted, Tuesday, March 15.

Jhonny admitted that he was surprised why the DKI Provincial Government seemed to have allowed air pollution since 2018 without any protective measures for the residents on the coast of Jakarta.

Therefore, in a later summons, PDIP will also ask why the DKI Provincial Government has not taken steps to resolve the problem.

"That's why we asked why the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government did the omission process. The matter of this dust is already visible, it doesn't need to be brought to the laboratory. The color is already black and has been happening for a long time. Why has it been left alone? There is no concrete effort", he said.

For information, Marunda residents have felt coal dust pollution since 2018. This coal dust often hits residential areas, schools, and even the RPTRA (Child-friendly Integrated Public Space) in Marunda.

In his findings, a member of the PDIP faction of the DKI Regional House of Representatives Jhonny Simanjuntak received a report that this problem has shown the health effects of Marunda residents, ranging from respiratory problems or ARI, skin diseases such as itching, to damage to the eyes.