Dubious Funds
To date, more than 130,000 drinking water customers in the capital city are in arrears. Surprisingly, they continue to have access to water services despite their non-payments for years.
They have since become a time bomb, because, at the end of 2010, the two operators in Jakarta, Palyja and Aetra, claimed they had managed to collect a portion of the delinquent payments. The amount was staggering: more than Rp 226 billion. Both companies had subsequently asked that the money deposited into the escrow account be immediately disbursed.
July 15, 2014
To date, more than 130,000 drinking water customers in the capital city are in arrears. Surprisingly, they continue to have access to water services despite their non-payments for years.
They have since become a time bomb, because, at the end of 2010, the two operators in Jakarta, Palyja and Aetra, claimed they had managed to collect a portion of the delinquent payments. The amount was staggering: more than Rp 226 billion. Both companies had subs
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