80 Pct Of Cisadane River Surface Contaminated By Lubricating Oil

Tangerang, Banten, April 12 (Antara) - Almost 80 percent of the surface of Cisadane River has been polluted by used lubricating oil, according to Deputy Mayor of Tangeran Arief R Wismansyah. "Based on our field monitoring, almost 80 percent of the surface of Cisadane River has been covered by used lubricating oil," Wismansyah said here on Friday. The Tangerang city administration will sue those polluting the river with 22,000 liters of used lubricating oil, he said. Almost all surface of the 3.2-km river has been covered by the pollutant. "The pollution in Cisadane River is categorized as a serious one because the used oil in the surface of the river has prevented oxygen from entering into the water," he said. The pollution came from a truck carrying 22,000 liters of lubricating oil belonging to CV Bangka Satria Ekspres. There was a leakage in the truck and the waste lube oil was scattered along Tangerang highway and flowed into Cisadane River. The truck came from Jakarta towards Cikupa, Tangerang.