DLH Investigate Alleged Disposal Of Tinja In Tanjung Duren, West Jakarta

JAKARTA - Head of the West Jakarta Environmental Sub-dept. (Kasudin), Ahmad Hariadi, said that he immediately followed up on the perpetrators of the wastewater disposal allegedly going to the culverts on Jalan Tanjung Duren Raya after verification or checking whether or not the contents of the video went viral on social media were carried out.

"If the contents of the video are true, there is evidence and it can be clear who the perpetrators are, we can call them to make a report," Hariadi said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, May 4.

Previously, a video shared by the Instagram account @recordjakarta showed residents catching a truck driver suspected of throwing waste water allegedly cleaning up a culvert in the Tanjung Duren area, Grogol Petamburan, West Jakarta.

In the video description, it was stated that the dumping incident in the culverts occurred on Jalan Tanjung Duren Raya, at 10.15 WIB, Thursday, May 4.

Initially, the video recorder suspected a garbage truck stopped beside the sidewalk. Allegedly, the truck driver was disposing of waste into the culverts.

The video recorder also caught the action of the truck driver wearing the red shirt and black hat. He asked the driver not to throw waste into the culverts.

The debate between the two was hot because the driver said that the water was sewer waste and not waste. Some time later, the video recorder asked the driver to leave.

"The truck driver was then asked to leave and not throw waste into the culverts. The truck driver then left the location after arguing with residents," wrote a video statement as quoted by the @recordjakarta account.

Responding to this, the Head of the West Jakarta Environmental Sub-dept. (Kasudin) Ahmad Hariadi admitted that he would further investigate the incident. If true, his party will call the truck driver.

Hariadi also appealed to residents to immediately report to the RW office if they found a similar incident in the future. This is also to make it easier for his party to follow up.

"Only if residents get caught and are told to leave (the perpetrator), yes, it is a bit difficult for us to follow up. So if there are residents who find similar incidents, the perpetrator should be detained first, so that there is evidence to be prosecuted," said Hariadi.