Pramono Anung: Land Acquisition Normalization, Likes To Don't Like It, Must Be Done

DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung emphasized that the land acquisition for residential areas along the river for the normalization of the Ciliwung River must be carried out.

"If we do normalization, there must be land acquisition, it can't be done or not. Land acquisition must definitely be done, and for that, like it or not, like it or not, it must be done," said Pramono at the Abdul Muis Technical Service building, Gambir, Central Jakarta, Tuesday, March 11.

According to Pramono, Ciliwung's normalization must be continued immediately so that the impact of the flood will be greater because water shipments from upstream will no longer occur in Jakarta.

Land acquisition and construction of the Ciliwung normalization embankment, Pramono continued, are long-term flood prevention efforts that need to be carried out.

This is because the DKI Provincial Government cannot continue to carry out weather modification operations (OMC) to prevent extreme rain from falling to Jakarta.

"But the short-term way of handling like this cannot be continuous. I am one of those who think for medium-term handling, so we will continue to do naturalization," he explained.

Previously, Pramono stated that he would immediately continue the land acquisition process for the normalization of the Ciliwung River in three urban villages, namely Ciliwung and Cawang, East Jakarta and Pengadegan, South Jakarta.

Secretary of the DKI Jakarta Water Resources (SDA) Office, Hendri, said that land acquisition in Cawang Village was 411 plots of land, 162 Chinese Bidara plots of land, and 61 Scenes of land.

"The area of land to be acquired in Cawang is 58,946 square meters, the scene is 13,101 square meters, and the Chinese Bidara is 57,035 square meters," Hendri told reporters, Monday, March 10.

Hendri explained, in the Ciliwung normalization project, the DKI Provincial Government is tasked with acquiring land. The land that has been acquired will be used for river widening.

"The river will be blocked and inspection roads built. The Ministry of Public Works is the Ciliwung Cisadane River Basin (BBWSCC)," said Hendri.

In addition to the normalization of Ciliwung, the DKI Provincial Government has also installed embankments or sheet piles on the edges of many times in Jakarta. The installation of embankments aims to tackle landslides around rivers/rivers.

"The sheet pile that has been built is like in Pesanggrahan River, West Jakarta and Sunter River, Pulomas Pump segment, North Jakarta," he said.