Monitoring posts were set up at each marketTangerang (ANTARA) - City-owned market operator PD Pasar Tangerang City, Banten, has stepped up monitoring activities in 10 traditional markets during the level 4 community activities restriction.
Director of PD Pasar Titin Mulyati said in a statement obtained here on Thursday that 10 posts and Health Protocols Monitoring Team were formed and deployed at markets under their management, such as Anyar Market, Malabar, Bandeng, Ramadhani, Gerendeng, Poris Indah, Cibobas, Jatake, Grand Duta, and Pasar Laris.
"Monitoring posts were set up at each market. As for the personnel, every market has about 10 officers dispatched from morning until evening. The morning deployment aims to ensure that both the merchants and buyers follow the health protocols. During the evening to night period, we warn sellers or shops that have not closed down past the curfew," Mulyati explained.
The Health Protocols Monitoring Team was dispatched to ensure all wore masks, to reduce unnecessary crowds, limit the number of visitors, enforce curfew, and raise awareness of the 5M health protocols around the market.
"Traditional markets are indeed public areas that have become a cause for concern during the enforcement of level 4 community activities restriction owing to the high level of interactions and flow of people coming and going from several places to conduct trade activities. However, we are committed to maximizing our efforts in enforcing health protocols and the policy laid out during this level 4 community activities restriction," she emphasized.
Head of Anyar Market Achmad Juhaeni pointed out that the posts and Health Protocols Monitoring Team were formed last June, with each assigned a particular task, including ensuring that sellers and buyers wear masks and wash their hands.
"Some officers that are dispatched use megaphone to urge and educate the people about health protocols. The warnings are given within and outside marketplaces at a frequency of once every hour," Juhaeni explained.
At night, he works with the Task Forces and local police force.
"We walk around. We ensure that sellers and shops close at 15:00 (local time), and food stalls shut down at 8 p.m. local time," he elaborated.
The same information was voiced by Head of Malabar Market Saripudin, who admitted that he and six personnel were overseeing the enforcement of strict health protocols in the market.
"Is it hard? It is a market with high mobility, so of course, it is hard. However, since the imposition of emergency community activities restriction, we try our best to approach and remind the people engaged in activities at the market to adhere to the health protocols and the policy. Officers are watching and warning merchants until it is really time to close down the shops. It is for everyone's good," he affirmed.
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Translator: Achmad Irfan, Mecca Yumna
Editor: Sri Haryati
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