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Workers at
Srengseng
Sawah cemetery
handle burial
process for
COVID-19 vic-
tims with strict
health protocols.
Credit:
Safran.H
the area of Srengseng Sawah cemetery was protested because they don’t get informed
everyone’s favourite place to spend their free beforehand,” Abdullah explained.
time: some was exercising, cycling or just sun-
bathing. In the evening, the area would become Fortunately, head of Srengseng Sawah
more crowded as children played in the child- subdistrict Adhi Suryo had acted quickly; he
friendly public space (RPTRA), owned by the held a discussion with the communities. He
government of Jakarta. invited heads of RW (community units) and
RT (neighborhood units), numbers of public
Today, the area of the cemetery becomes a figures and religious leaders to join. “We seek
haunted place for the residents. It has horrific for solutions to relieve their worry,” Adhi told
views: tired faces of the workers who bury bodies JaKita. He was thankful the discussion was a
of COVID-19 victims, along with the hearses success: the residents eventually accepted the
that passes by everday. “It frightens us just by circumstance. “Alhamdulillah, the residents
hearing the ambulance sirens,” said Abdullah. finally understood the situation,” said Adhi.
He could feel sense the fear of every residents. As busy as everyone else was the task force
Recently, the area of Srengseng Sawah head of 15th Zone at TPU Srengseng Sawah,
subdistrict is classified as red zone. In the past Sutandyo. Since the cemetery was set to be
month, there were 116 of the residents who got COVID-19 burial place, he worked really hard,
infected by COVID-19. watching the burial process handled by his
staffs. He will only allow the families of the
Previously, some of the local residents rejected deceased to watch the burial from a distance.
the idea of making TPU Srengseng Sawah “We must supervise everything, to prevent
as burial ground for COVID-19 victims. They possible cluster of COVID-19 transmission,” he
came to the subdistrict office to protest. “They said to JaKita. gro/bam
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