IMAGE – The condition of Jajag Market which is beside the Jajag Terminal, Gambiran District, Banyuwangi, now very worrying. In addition to the many stalls that are no longer operating, many of the buildings were damaged.
One clothing dealer, Nurmariana, 39, said since deciding to trade at Pasar Jajag three years ago, his income continued to decline. In fact, in a day there are often no buyers. "Today there was a person who bought underwear,said the trader from Benculuk Village, Cluring District, that.
Very few buyers, light him, causing traders to lose money. Because, they have to pay a levy of Rp 6.000. "Fortunately, one pair of underwear is only Rp 2000, if it sells three means a profit of Rp 6000, it's right to pay the levy," he said.
That lonely buyer, light him, due to several things, among them are many modern shop stands in Kota Jajag. Besides that, market renovations that caused roadside vendors to get higher and higher to cover the view of the inside of the market.
"After being renovated, the stalls are not visible from the main road," he explained. Other traders, Satisfied, 35, from the village of Jajag, Gambiran District, assessed that the arrangement of the parking location in the west corner resulted in buyers rarely approaching the stalls owned by the traders.
"Parking to the west, buyers enter through the back,he said. Meanwhile, Head of UPTD Pasar Jajag, Darwanto, acknowledged that many market buildings were damaged. For renovation, he doesn't know for sure either. "I heard it's still a long time, after renovation of Banyuwangi Market,He said. (radar)
