JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung revealed that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government continues to spend the budget to deal with Jakarta floods. In the 2025 budget year APBD, the DKI Provincial Government has budgeted IDR 4 trillion.
He dismissed the assumption that flooding occurred because the Jakarta government did not work to overcome it. However, Pramono admitted that flooding was a problem for a long time that was not easily resolved.
"We have decided to deal with flooding in Jakarta, not only the short-term ones. The funds are quite large, almost 4 trillion rupiahs we have allocated and it can't be like jinny oh jinny, bimsalabim, then it's finished. No," said Pramono at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Friday, July 11.
The trillions of budget, continued Pramono, is used for dredging mud, purchasing and operating pumps, land acquisition for the community to work on the normalization of the Ciliwung River, to providing housing for residents affected by land acquisition.
"We will do the Normalization of the Ciliwung river. Indeed, to fix it, someone will like it or not, like it or not, that it is not a place to live, yes. We will move it, we will prepare it for the place to live," he explained.
The budget for handling Jakarta floods, continued Pramono, will also continue to be carried out in the following years until the classic problem is resolved.
"There will be more in 2026-2027. So, overall, for flood management arrangements in Jakarta, we want to resolve flooding not in a short but medium-long manner," he explained.
Previously, Pramono admitted that the Jakarta flood problem could not be immediately eliminated in an instant. Currently, the DKI Provincial Government has not been able to prevent the arrival of floods that inundate residential areas.
Thus, Pramono ordered his staff to continue to try to mitigate the impact of Jakarta's floods with various handlings. This was revealed by Pramono during a flood alert in Rawajati, South Jakarta.
"If you look at the floods that occurred yesterday in Jakarta, then after I reflect, sometimes the floods cannot be fought. Therefore, we must pay attention to how the floods do not have a negative impact or impact on residents," said Pramono, Tuesday, July 8.
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Pramono reflected on the floods inundating hundreds of RTs since last Sunday, July 6. According to him, the flood occurred with unusual conditions.
Not only due to high rainfall, since yesterday's flooding has also been caused by two other factors that occurred simultaneously, namely water shipments from upstream and rising sea level which caused tidal flooding or coastal flooding.
"At that time the sea water rose high, so that no one could be thrown into the sea at all. Then there was flooding in Jakarta, the rainfall was quite high, although actually the rainfall at that time was not above 200. Then above, some of the rainfall was above 200, "explained Pramono.
"The three incidents simultaneously caused many places in Jakarta to be inundated," he added.
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