- Author: Novie Indrawati Sagita
- From: Department of Government Science, Faculty of Social and Politic, Universitas Padjadjaran
Abstract:
Cikapundung river as common property which can support social and economy activities of the community. Cikapundung river has many functions, unfortunately, Cikapundung River is only used as a means of waste disposal, both domestic and industrial waste. In fact, Cikapundung function can be more optimized and sustainable, so it can provide economic benefits for commercial activities, such as tourism facilities, water attractions, raw water provider, agricultural irrigation facilities and as an energy source. In Indonesia, the river management was not performed optimally. The case of Cikapundung River recently in 2016, because of the piles of garbage that cause the water of Cikapundung River has overflowed into the street and residential with foul odors. These conditions made the local government accused each other related to who should be responsible for this issue. Though later the local government finally, assisted by police and military all together clean up the Cikapundung River. The occurrence of cases of piles of garbage in Cikapundung River shows that local government is not really serious in the management of the river. The trash along in the river mostly not directly lifted, left to flow and carried away so that accumulate at a point in Cikapundung River. The results of research showed that the problem of handling waste on the river is caused by poor management of the government in handling the river, the lack of clarity in the river?s main stream management division, small and mid, the central government does not supervise the performance of the local government as a subordinate institution, the absence of law enforcement for the companies that dump waste into the rivers, and the lack of public awareness of protecting the environment.
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