Bekasi Jambe Baru Face After 3 Days Of Marathon, Cleaner And Freer From Waste

Kali Jambe in Bekasi Regency, West Java Province, is clean of piles of garbage, on Tuesday (13/9/2022). (ANTARA/Pradita Kurniawan Syah).

BEKASI - Jambe River in Bekasi Regency, West Java Province, is free from piles of garbage after marathon cleaning activities for three consecutive days. "From this activity, we can see that the condition of the river that is our target is free from the garbage that has accumulated on the river surface and riverbanks. Now the river is clean," said Acting Head of the Bekasi Regency Environmental Service Rahmat Atong in Cikarang, Antara, Wednesday, September 14. The activity of cleaning and transporting garbage along the river that crosses the South Tambun District to North Tambun is part of an effort to reduce the risk of flooding. Atong explained that the district government is running the Tanggulangi, Response, and Fast Waste Disorders Program in the River or Gas to restore river conditions while reducing the risk of flooding. "Of course this is a shared responsibility in the future, not only local governments, but also all residents. The full awareness of all residents is needed to maintain the cleanliness of the environment, including river flows," he said. He emphasized the importance of citizen participation in efforts to maintain environmental cleanliness, including the cleanliness of watersheds. "Now it's clean, so please don't be polluted again by garbage that just throws it into the river. Let's work together to restore the river function as it should," he said. Head of the Hygiene Division of the Bekasi Regency Environmental Service Khaerul Hamid said that in marathon river cleaning activities more than 130 tons of garbage were transported from Jambe River. According to him, the garbage from Jambe River was transported using 12 transport trucks with the support of 17 Biawak Team personnel from the Bekasi Regency Environment Agency. Penangkutan sampah dari Kali Jambe dilakukan di titik pelantas Tol Jakarta-Cikampek Kilometer 19 di Kelurahan Jatimulya, Kecamatan Tambun Selatan; daerah Keramat Mundu; hingga bagian bawah kali di Desa Jejalen Jaya, Kecamatan Tambun Utara. The waste cleaning activity in Jambe River involved the Ciliwung-Cisadane River Basin Center and the Water Resources, Highways, and Construction Development Office of Bekasi Regency.