Indonesia President Joko Widodo (right) talks with the local military commander during a visit to Lake Cisanti, the source of the Citarum River, south of Bandung, West Java, on Friday. (Antara Foto/Puspa Perwitari/via Reuters)JAKARTA: Indonesia's president on Thursday said water from the Citarum River should be made drinkable within seven years under a new cleanup project for the Java island river often ranked among the world's most polluted. "The Citarum River, which was once clear is now the most polluted," President Joko Widodo tweeted after visiting the source of the river in West Java on Thursday. The government also plans to replicate the Citarum project in other basins that need cleaning, said Mr Widodo. "Ministries have been working by themselves, local governments working by themselves and the community has been working by itself," Mr Haeru told Reuters.

Source: Bangkok Post February 23, 2018 07:07 UTC