Semarang Walkot catch YB Mangunwijaya to be the road to TPA Jatibarang

Jakarta -Semarang Mayor Agustina Wilujeng inaugurated YB Mangunwijaya street that became access to TPA Jatibarang today. The inauguration of the road was in line with the Spirit of Father Yb Mangunwijaya to stand with the marginalized now in the city of Semarang. The designation of this path is a form of respect as well as a reminder, so that the area identical to this garbage as a space of hope can grow. Agustina said that the name of the road was not only a tribute to the humanist figure father Yb Mangunwijaya, but also a moral message so that his spirit was conveyed in an area often underestimated. Scroll to continue with the content “The name of this road is a small attempt by the Semarang City government in the award of Father Mangun,” Agustina said Thursday (8/9/2025). According to him, the location of the road around TPA Jatibarang is actually in harmony with the life choices of Father Mangun who often accompanies small communities in slums such as on the banks of the Kali Code, Yogyakarta. “If Father Mangun was still alive, he certainly chose to stand up and build this road to the landfill. He always chose to stand on the excluded side, in a place that was considered dirty, but he challenged exactly,” Agustina said. He hoped that the spirit would also inspire the management of Jatibarang TPA and transform the face of the Jatibarang TPA into a sustainable region such as the implementation of the circular economy, sanitary landfill to the development of PLTSA. At present, the Semarang city government is preparing an international tender to convert waste into electrical energy. “I hope this spirit will remain in the Jatibarang TPA so that this area is a meaningful, sustainable and capable of growing the economy of the community,” he said. Meanwhile, Vikaris General of Semarang Archdiocese, Father FX Sugiyana, pr. “It is an extraordinary appreciation for Father Mangun, but also contains a very deep message and earlier the mother of the mayor conveyed exceptionally,” Sugiyana said. Sugiyana was of the opinion that the name of the road to the Jatibarang landfill was right and very significant. “Maybe if the name of the road is in the middle of a big city, there is in the middle of a luxury housing, maybe Father Mangun is not even at home and was asked to move. But in this place on this TPA road, it is naturally in line with the spirit and passion of Father Mangunwijaya himself, ‘he added. Sugiyana hopes that determining the name of this road will revive the spirit of Father -Mangun who constantly visited small communities and took care of the environment. “Hopefully not only is the name of the street known, but also the fighting spirit of Father Mangun inspired the people of Semarang City,” Sugiyana concluded. For more information, Father YB Mangunwijaya is a clergy, architect, writer and humanitarian fighter born in Ambarawa. He won the Sea Writing Award (1986) and the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (1992) thanks to his work that organizes the Kali Code Yogyakarta village in a colorful and livable area. Father Mangun was also known to be constantly defending the little people, including the construction of the Kedungombo Reservoir project in the 1980s. Also watch video: TPA Jatibarang Semarang caught fire, Damkar asked for activities to be closed (AKN/EGA)