Head Of DPRD Calls Head Of Support Region Surati Anies Asks For Budget Assistance To Overcome Flood

Chairman of the DKI Jakarta DPRD Prasetyo Edi Marsudi /PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - Chairman of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Prasetyo Edi Marsudi, said that a number of regional heads in the buffer zone asked DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan for budget assistance regarding flood management.

This request was sent through an official letter to Anies and the DKI DPRD. Prasetyo said that one of them was the Mayor of Bekasi, Rahmat Effendi.

"On November 18, 2020, Bekasi has written a letter to the Governor, then to me. There is a proposal for additional financial assistance for the 2021 fiscal year for water, land control, and construction development. It's like that," said Prasetyo at the DKI DPRD building, Tuesday, November 2nd.

Besides Bekasi City, requests for funding assistance for flood control were also submitted by the South Tangerang City Government, Bogor City, and Bogor Regency.

Therefore, Prasetyo will bring the proposal for financial assistance from this buffer zone to the meeting of the DKI DPRD Budget Board.

Currently, Banggar is discussing the preparation of the General Budget Policy and the Provisional Budget Ceiling Priority (KUA-PPAS) for the 2022 APBD. "Later at the Banggar meeting the basis (a letter from the buffer zone) will be," he said.

According to Prasetyo, this proposal needs to be considered by the DKI Provincial Government. Because, one of the causes of flooding in Jakarta is the delivery of water from upstream. Moreover, the land in Jakarta is lower than the buffer zone. Thus, the water from there will eventually flow to the Capital City.

"If you don't give it, it's also a problem for Jakarta. Jakarta is like a cauldron, it's at the bottom. The one from above pours water down, it's Jakarta," he concluded.