Will Be Inaugurated This Month, Two Dams In Bogor Ready To Prevent Jakarta Floods

Photo: Doc. Antara

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) is ready to operate the Ciawi and Sukamahi Dams in Bogor Regency, West Java, during the current rainy season in the context of flood control in Jakarta.

"It's finished, we'll just have to operate it for the rainy season at this time," said PUPR Minister Basuki Hadimuljono, quoted by Antara, Sunday, December 4.

He said that the construction of the Ciawi Dam was complete and ready to be inaugurated this December.

Likewise with Sukamahi Dam, which has also been completed and is ready to be inaugurated in December 2022.

Previously, the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) through the Directorate General of Water Resources (SDA) targeted the construction of the Ciawi and Sukamahi Dams to be completed by the end of this year, so that it could minimize flooding in Jakarta and its surroundings.

Ciawi Dam has a capacity volume of 6.05 million m3 and an inundation area of 39.4 hectares to reduce flooding by 111.75 cubic meters/second. The construction contract is worth IDR 798.7 billion.

Sukamahi Dam has a capacity of 1.68 million m3 and an inundation area of 5.23 hectares with the benefit of reducing flooding by 15.47 cubic meters/second.

The construction of the Sukamahi Dam has been planned since the 1990s and began construction in 2017. The dam construction contract is worth IDR 464.93 billion.

The construction of the Ciawi and Sukamahi Dry Dams in order to increase the control capacity of Jakarta floods when the rainy season hits. As dry dams, the operation of the Ciawi and Sukamahi Dams will be different from other dams where the two dams will only be inundated with water in the rainy season, while in the dry season this dam will dry up again.