16 Neighborhood Associations In Jakarta Flooded This Morning
JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) recorded that 16 RTs experienced flooding on Saturday at 06.00 WIB due to rain that hit parts of the region.
"BPBD recorded an increase in inundation from 12 RTs to 16 RTs or 0.052 percent of the 30,772 RTs in all of DKI Jakarta," said Head of BPBD DKI Jakarta Isnawa Adji as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, May 25.
Isnawa said there were three RTs in the North Jakarta area that experienced flooding due to tides (rob), namely two RTs in Pluit with a height of 15 to 40 centimeters (cm) and one RT in Penjaringan with a height of 10 cm.
BPBD DKI Jakarta also reported that 13 RTs were affected by flooding due to the overflow of the Ciliwungyakni River of five RTs in the South Jakarta area consisting of four RTs in East Pejaten with an altitude of 160 to 190 cm and one RT in Rawajati with an altitude of 60 cm.
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Furthermore, eight RTs in the East Jakarta area consisting of four RTs in Bidara Cina with a height of 40 to 80 cm, three RTs in Cawang with a height of 30 to 80 cm, and one RT in Balekambang with a height of 60 cm.
"The inundated roads that have receded are Jalan RE Martadinata (in front of JIS), Papanggo, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta and Jalan Deli, Koja, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta," he said.