JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung assessed that it is time for the Pluit Reservoir Pump House in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, to be revitalized by operating more modern tools.
This was revealed by Pramono when he visited the Pluit Reservoir Pump House to see the mechanisms for anticipation and prevention of flooding carried out.
"Indeed, there must be modernization. This still depends on heavy excavators to take the mud," said Pramono, Tuesday, July 28.
It is known that the Pluit Reservoir Pump House is operated to reduce river water discharge/times flowing in the national vital object area.
This pump house has 10 pump units with a capacity of 15 cubic meters per second and a catch area of the Pluit Reservoir covering an area of 2,779 hectares.
"This is the most priority reservoir, the main and including three pumps here serving VVIP areas including the Palace and so on," Pramono explained.
The State Palace area was flooded in 2015 and 2020. It is known, when the Palace was inundated, it turned out that the operation of the Pluit Reservoir Pump House was problematic.
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At the time of the incident, Pramono was still serving as Cabinet Secretary. Therefore, Pramono considers regular monitoring of the Pluit Reservoir Pump House to be important.
"I still have to be treated because this is actually the face of Jakarta. Especially for VVIP, it will be affected or not if there is a flood in Jakarta, actually the monitor is here," Pramono explained.
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