Clean Water Crisis in Marunda; Anies Baswedan Blames Water Privatization
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2 September 2022 23:36 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan responded to the clean water crisis in Kampung Marunda Kepu, Cilincing, North Jakarta. Reports said that 400 families in the district have had no access to clean water since April 14, 2022.
In his defense, Anies said that the provincial government has not been able to carry out the water pipeline project to provide clean water to date because the distribution of clean water is still managed by private parties, namely PT PAM Lyonnaise Jaya (PALYJA) and PT Aetra Air Jakarta.
"When it's under the authority of Jakarta in 2023, Jakarta will invest in pipeline construction," he explained.
Anies hoped that the regional-owned tap water company PAM Jaya could later ask for regional capital injection (PMD) to accelerate the pipeline project after the water privatization ends in 2023.
"If PMD can be realized, the pipeline project can run faster because it is very much influenced by how much we invest," said the Governor at the Maritime Museum, Penjaringan, North Jakarta, Friday, September 2, 2022.
Anies Baswedan said that PAM Jaya has so far built portable tanks in several villages to provide clean water for residents and prevent them from taking groundwater. "This [clean water crisis] can be contained once PAM Jaya regains its authority," Anies concluded.
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