TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Due to the watering installation was stolen by irresponsible people, the vertical garden in the Tugu Tani area, precisely at Jalan Raya Cikini towards Jalan Ridwan Rais, Central Jakarta, is now seen in poor condition. The amount of plants in vertical park have started to wilt and turn yellow. Even some trees have collapsed, as reported by Antara News.
Head of the City's Beauty Section for Jakarta Parks and Cemetery Department, Nuraida Leviayanti, disclosed such condition is caused by watering installation cable broke after being stolen.
"The cable was stolen by someone, and we just know it this week," she stated on Saturday.
"Next week, we're going to repair two panels of vertical garden watering installation first," she said.
Based on the record, the vertical park managed by Parks and Cemetery Department are located in 28 points, where 23 out of them used for column green or greening in each flyover pillar.
"In five location, we use vertical park for green wall," he continued.
She added that such park has various plants, such as Tan Kuan Yu Lie, Brekel, and Pakil, especially plants that are resistant to sunlight and able to absorb pollution. "Here, we focus on plants that resistant to sunlight and able to absorb the pollution," she explained.
ANTARA