Bandung –
The city of Bandung seems like an open gallery for a row of historic art deco buildings. To enhance this old charm, the local government has arranged them with wide and clean sidewalks. This beauty is further perfected by the presence of classic lamp posts, complete with a pair of round lamp ornaments.
Right at the intersection of LLRE Martadinata Street and Taman Pramuka Street, there is a lamp post filled with ropes that have faded colors. These plastic ropes come from banners that are usually hung on that lamp post and then tied to another post.
The banners placed on that post are usually banners of council members or those from political parties and other organizations.
The presence of leftover ropes that have not been cleaned and tidied up makes the classic lamp post look shabby and unpleasant to the eye.
This condition has been complained about by pedestrians passing through this street.
“It’s disgusting to look at,” said Indah (26) on Saturday (6/6/2026).
Indah confirmed that the lamp post is often used for banners from political parties or council members. “That’s right, they are called honorable council members, but their actions make Bandung dirty,” Indah emphasized.
Indah asked the Mayor of Bandung, Muhammad Farhan, to be firm about this matter.
“Mr. Mayor, please, how can this beautiful city of Bandung be left like this,” Indah said.
A similar complaint was also made by Bagas. The 31-year-old man also often sees banners placed on that post.
“What’s sad is that the leftover ropes from other banners are not cleaned first, they are piled up and make a mess,” Bagas said.
“Later, it should be made viral who put them up, so it gets busy and the ones who put them up will be embarrassed,” he said.
Like Indah, Bagas also asked the Bandung City Government to be firm regarding the issue of banner installation. “The city government must be firm, if there are those who violate the rules, immediately dismantle and clean them, this can happen because of tolerance,” he concluded.
