Madiun City Government Adds More Green Open Space

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JAKARTA - Madiun City Government continues to add green open space (RTH) development in 2022 as a means for residents to relax, have recreation, and move the economy.

"This year we have six green open spaces and new thematic villages being built. Some are still in process, but some have been completed, such as the Arum Dalu green open space which has been completed," said the Head of Public Housing and Settlement Areas of Madiun, Totok Sugiarto in Madiun, Friday. July 15 quoted from Antara.

RTH Arum Dalu is located on Jalan Arum Dalu and Jalan S Parman, Oro-Oro Ombo Village, Kartoharjo District. Although it has not been inaugurated yet, the construction of the green space has been completed 100 percent.

The Arum Dalu green open space is not too wide and it uses vacant land owned by the government in that location. The vacant land is next to the meeting point of Jalan S Parman and Jalan Arum Dalu. Hence, the green space is named after the name of the street there.

"We haven't made it official yet. Maybe the inauguration will coincide with another point," he explained.

Totok said the RTH budget was around Rp. 200 million. Inside the green space, chairs and umbrellas and tables are also added.

He hopes that the green space will not only increase the existing public space in Madiun City, but can also add to the beautiful face of the city.

"The Arum Dalu RTH is not far from the Torch Monument and also the Small and Medium Enterprises of Oro-Oro Ombo Village. Hopefully, it can be a complement to the facilities there," he said.

According to the data, currently there are 62 green open spaces in Madiun City, both in the form of private and public land.

The area of 62 green open spaces reaches 19 percent of the area of Madiun City. The Madiun City Government targets the area of green open space in its area to reach 30 percent.

The fulfillment of green open space is very important in increasing the quality of life index of residents in an area. This is aimed at fulfilling the improvement of the air quality index, water quality index, and environmental quality index.