Batu Audience City Government With Residents Regarding The Management Of TPA Tlekung Waste

The Batu City Government held an audience with residents around the Tlekung Final Disposal Site (TPA) located in Tlekung Village, Junrejo District, Batu City regarding waste management at the facility.

Acting (Pj) Mayor of Batu Aries Agung Paewai in Batu City, East Java, Saturday said that related to a number of demands by residents of Tlekung Village, the Batu City Government will hold a meeting with the heads of Regional Apparatus Organizations (OPD) in the near future.

"I was present to meet today because this problem requires all of our attention and will have an impact on the whole community," said Aries as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, July 29.

For information, residents around TPA Tlekung had time to blockade the access road to the waste processing owned by the Batu City Government. There are a number of demands voiced by the community around the TPA regarding the existence of the TPA Tlekung.

During the hearing, representatives of residents from the village of Tlekung stated that there were six points that were demanded by residents. The residents' demands aim for the benefit of the community in the long term.

The first demand is for residents to immediately maximize the process of processing garbage that has accumulated which will result in underground water pollution, air pollution, preventing lindi water flowing into the river and preventing landslides.

Then, the waste that enters the TPA of Tlekung Village must be managed by engine, not only dumped and stockpiled, so that there are volume restrictions that enter.

In addition, residents rejected the expansion of the TPA in Tlekung Village because of its inappropriate geographical location.

Another claim is that residents ask for a study to be carried out immediately for the construction of other TPAs, apart from the village of Tlekung. Residents also propose that in each village or sub-district, tourist attractions, hotels, markets, factories are required to have TPS3R.

Then, in each sub-district has a vang TPA based on a circular letter, or mayor's regulation, regional regulations so that the volume of waste sent to the TPA of Tlekung Village can be reduced.

As well as social and security security security for occupied villages. Finally, residents asked for a transparent standard procedure at TPA Telekung Village for waste delivery, waste management and preventing collusion.

Aries added, related to a number of community demands, the Batu City Government will coordinate with village heads and village heads to immediately provide Waste Processing Sites - Reuse, Reduce, Recycle (TPS3R) in each region.

"I will hold a meeting this afternoon with the OPD Chief regarding the TPA Tlekung issue," said Aries.

Chairman of the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD) of Batu City Asmadi said that his party is committed to paying attention and will budget according to the needs for waste management of the TPA Tlekung.

The concrete handling and better handling, he continued, will be carried out as a wuriud who loves Batu City, considering that the area is a tourist city that has an impact on the high volume of waste.

"We are here to work together to find solutions, not blame each other, this is all a form of our love for Batu City," he said.

During the meeting, it ended with the signing of the statement letter of the Mayor of Batu, which will resolve the problem within the next 30 days.

The Batu City Government will immediately find a solution to this problem.