DPRD Sidak Water Pumps For Jakarta Flood Control Without The PKS Faction

DKI Jakarta DPRD Sidan Pompa (Diah Ayu Wardani / VOI)

JAKARTA - Representatives of the DKI Jakarta DPRD faction conducted unannounced inspections (sidak) of a number of water pump locations in North Jakarta and West Jakarta. Of the entire group, only the PKS faction did not include representatives to participate in the inspection.

So, there were eight representatives of the factions who attended, namely Golkar Faction Chair Basri Baco, Gerindra Faction Chair Rani Maulani, Democratic Faction Chairperson Desie Christyana, PSI Faction Deputy Chair Justin Adrian, PDIP Faction Member Gilbert Simanjuntak, PAN Faction Member Syahroni, and Jupiter Nasdem Faction Member , and Sutikno PKB-PPP Faction Treasurer.

Golkar faction chairman Basri Baco explained that actually the DPRD secretariat had notified all faction representatives to conduct joint inspections, including PKS. However, Baco thinks that PKS is not willing to attend at this time.

"(PKS) must have been invited. This is open to all factions. Yes, how else, they (PKS) have their own political decisions," said Baco in the Sunter area, North Jakarta, Monday, January 13.

DPRD visited five water pump houses. Among them are three areas in North Jakarta, namely Kali Item Pump House, South Sunter, and Teluk Gong Pluit. Subsequently, inspections were carried out at Grogol Pump Houses, West Jakarta, Cideng, Central Jakarta, and Setiabudi, South Jakarta.

In one pump house, there are several water pump machines. This machine works to drain the volume of water that inundates residential areas to be discharged into rivers whose flow leads to the sea.

To the DPRD members, one of the water pump operators on guard admitted that there were obstacles in their work. The large amount of garbage that enters the river flow clogs the pump, so it requires extra work to suck water.

"So, every time you draw the water once an hour, the garbage must be removed. He said, yesterday when there was a flood there were lots of plastics and wooden blocks ... So, the vacuum or the machine in the pump could be damaged due to factors that cannot be digested so that the engine clogged , "said Baco.

PDIP faction member Gilbert Simanjuntak added that during this flood season, the public must also be aware not to make garbage carelessly. "So, don't think that an area has added a water pump and then the problem is resolved. Public awareness to start a clean lifestyle is also important," said Gilbert.