Citarum River: Indonesia Aims to Banish Toxic Waste from Lifeline River

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3 March 2018 18:13 WIB

Waste water at a textile factory is treated before being released into a stream that joins the Citarum river in Majalaya, south-east of Bandung, West Java province, February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

2 Maret 2018 00:00 WIB

Environmental activist Deni Riswandani holds up cups of water from the Citarum river (R) and water from a tributary which runs through an area densely populated with textile factories (L) where the two meet near Majalaya, south-east of Bandung, West Java province, January 26, 2018. Long before it hits the sea on the eastern shores of Jakarta Bay, the river turns into a toxic cocktail the colour of coffee. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

2 Maret 2018 00:00 WIB

Indonesian soldiers work during a clean-up operation along the Citarum river, south of Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia, February 13, 2018. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

2 Maret 2018 00:00 WIB

A woman washes fish near the mouth of the Citarum river north-west of Muara Gembong, West Java province, February 22, 2018. They are among the 28 million people who depend on the river waters, which supply Jakarta. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

2 Maret 2018 00:00 WIB

A dead goat floats among garbage and debris towards the mouth of the Citarum river north-west of Muara Gembong, West Java province, February 22, 2018. But the charm evaporates swiftly as the river, often labelled the world's most polluted, descends past crowded zones of factories and homes that dump a pungent stew of garbage, waste and sewage into its 300-km (190-mile) stretch. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

2 Maret 2018 00:00 WIB

Children play along an old section of the Citarum river south of Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia, February 14, 2018. Indonesia's Citarum river burbles past terraced rice paddies and quiet farming villages in the highlands of West Java, as it begins to wind its way hundreds of kilometres towards the sea. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

2 Maret 2018 00:00 WIB