hundreds of young people in the city of Padang without disgust directly entered the river or river in the city of Padang cleaning up approximately 3.5 tons of garbage dominated by plastic and wood waste from fishing vessels around the area on September 8 2019.

Clean garbage action on Batang River is a form of concern for young people in Padang city on the environment. Batang arau river itself is one of the mainstay tourist attraction areas of the city of Padang, because the river Batang arau has a history that has a historical value of economic development and trade in the city of Padang.

Sungai arau river used to be a port of entry for Padang city, which was visited by several countries such as India, China, Arabia, Netherlands and Portugal.

ridho the coordinator of the action said "Batang arau river area and its surroundings must be clean because one of the old city areas that needs to be preserved clean environment for tourists comfortable traveling in this area"