Jakarta Floods, Arief Poyuono Gerindra: Mr. Anies Don't Talk Too Much, Imaging, Work!

Gerindra Party politician Arief Poyuono (Twitter @bumnbersatu)

JAKARTA - Gerindra Party politician Arief Poyuono asked DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswesan to seriously tackle flooding in the capital city. Arief said, Anies could not only raise his image.

Arief said this after he was stuck in a traffic jam on Jalan Yos Sudarso, North Jakarta, yesterday. Arief's car was trapped because it could not pass through the flooded road.

"Mr Governor, don't just talk a lot about dealing with floods. Don't do too much imagery. Just work. Admit that this flood really needs to be addressed because there is no formula for flood management from upstream in Jakarta," said Arief when contacted by VOI, Wednesday, January 19. .

Arief said, on Tuesday, January 18, yesterday afternoon the car he was driving was stuck in traffic because the road was flooded up to 40 centimeters.

"Yesterday afternoon, I was from home in Kelapa Gading going to Cempaka Putih, I took up to 3 hours by car. I couldn't enter Cempaka Putih because the flood was about 40 cm on Jalan Yos Sudarso. The traffic was totally jammed," he said. he.

Arief finally got out of the car and recorded a video of himself observing the flooded road. He turned out to be looking for infiltration wells made on the road.

He is looking for infiltration wells because it is one of DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan's programs to control flooding in the capital city.

"I made the video on Twitter on Jalan Yos Sudarso. I was just looking for an infiltration well, but there's none. There is an overflowing well," said Arief.

For information, it was raining in Jakarta from morning to evening yesterday. It was recorded that as of today at 12.00 WIB, the flood was still inundated in 93 RTs in DKI.

The details are 73 RTs in West Jakarta and 20 RTs in North Jakarta. The highest flood was in Tegal Alur Village with a water level of 1 meter. Until now, the DKI Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) noted that there were 908 residents who had taken refuge in 15 points.