Sanitary-access house in Banda Aceh Reaches 97 Percent

BANDA ACEH, KOMPAS.com – Association of District / City Sanitation Care (Akkopsi) VIII held a City Sanitation Summit (CSS) XVI in Banda Aceh, Thursday (11/24/2016).

Executing the task Mayor Banda Aceh Hasanuddin Ishak said, Akkkopsi is a container that is valuable to efforts to accelerate the target of universal access to sanitation, particularly in Banda Aceh.

“the ratio of residential houses is access sanitation is already 97 percent, with coverage of waste management services 88 percent and water 88 percent, “said Hasanuddin when greeting the event.

According to him, Akkopsi has an important role to establish concrete steps in order to achieve the sanitation target of 100 percent.

As is known, improved sanitation is part of the important agenda the world today. The main objective targets of sustainable development is adequate sanitation as basic needs that impact on the quality of public health.

“Banda Aceh states concerned with the development of sanitation that commitment is shown through intgrasi document site planning of the city,” said Hasanuddin.

He added that the current Banda Aceh has a 186 kilometer long drainage. Drainage is divided into 8 zones, proved to effectively deal with flooding and inundation, especially during the rainy season.

In addition, for the handling of the flood, the city government also built nine houses pumps with 129 floodgates.

“approach to preserving the environment fostered at all occasions. Program open green space reached 809.7 hectares of the target of 920 hectares,” said Hasanuddin.

He acknowledges that many things need to be done for the improvement of sanitation in Banda Aceh, both in terms of fulfillment of clean water, waste management and garbage.

Support of Akkopsi, said Hasanuddin, will be invaluable to our efforts. Given that, the target of 100 percent sanitation development for the people of Banda Aceh in 2019.

“Through this CSS, we recommend an increase partisapsi community in efforts to achieve universal access. People have to understand the importance of sanitation, quality of life, behavior and habits to love and care about sanitation, “said Hasanuddin.

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