Indonesia's river of rubbish - 25 Mar 08

It's taken only 20 years for the largest waterway in Indonesia's West Java to become a river of rubbish.

Choked by domestic and industrial waste, the Citarum is in crisis.

What used to be a vital source of fresh water and fish is now a dumping ground and scavenging site.

Al Jazeera's Marga Ortigas traveled to West Java province to meet the people living by the river.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• indonesia
• environment
• pollution

[zuhdi84]

indonesian are dirty people..thats for sure...what the hell u blame the goverment...blame ur self..dirty people...u all are same,no matters where u living.. many indonesian people (illegal r legal) in Malaysia are so dirty..not taking care they own hygien..so ,r u still blame the malaysian govement??

[markuscc]

I wonder how much of this garbage is directly caused by Walmart and other large retail chains.

[meherm2345]

You only, damn you autocorrect.

[meherm2345]

Okay, I don't understand why everyone is going against these people. I mean look at them, they need help and all you can say is ewww thats so gross etc. Man up and actually help, if you were in their shoes you wouldnt be saying eww! Seriously people grow up. Younoly think about yourselves and I'm sure that if your privileges were taken away you wouldn't know what to do.

[amrlfz92]

eeeyeewww.....that was fucking disgusting...indonesia is so groosssss... yuck,,shame on u indonesia or indog

[garioldwin]

@rizqferd its not goverment its the high population growth .

[MuslimApostate]

@markuscc i actually have done my research ( i lived in jakarta for a yr teaching english) and walmart is non existent in indonesia. Ever since the capitulation of the sugharto regime western corporations have little to know inflence over what goes on in todays indonesia. Hell ive been to this river and saw for myself local java residents pooring human waste in this river. So please stop trying to shove your bullshit down my mouth cause i already know its not true.

[markuscc]

@MuslimApostate I'm from Canada dipshit. Western countries ARE without a doubt the cause of this shit. Do some research and find out before you make yourself look even more ignorant to reality.

[MuslimApostate]

@markuscc oh please stop being such a typical third world wingnut and stop blaming western companies for your nations woes.

[humblesage]

@markuscc: It is caused by that part of western lifestyle that is based on greed and waisting resources.

[PASherpro]

Some of the comments below demonstrate why humans kill each other in war. I feel sad that so many feel the need to make such appalling comments about so many other huamns they could no nothing about whatsoever.

It is clearly an uneradicable facet of being human.