DKI Provincial Government Admits Unable To Revitalize Pluit Reservoir Of Ahok's Heritage Due To Limited Budget

Ahmad Riza Patria/Photo: Antaranews

JAKARTA - The condition of Pluit Reservoir Park is still neglected. A number of facilities have begun to be damaged and not intact. The paint on the sports facilities has also started to peel and rust.

In fact, at the end of 2021, the DKI Provincial Government plans to budget for the revitalization and dredging of the Pluit Reservoir, along with the improvement of facilities in the area.

Now, budget constraints are the reason. The DKI Provincial Government actually received a national economic recovery fund (PEN) loan from the central government reaching trillions of rupiah for the flood control program.

Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria admitted that the revitalization of Pluit Reservoir could not be carried out because the remaining PEN funds were used for other flood control programs.

"The problem is only funding. Yes, we have PEN, most of them do have PEN, but it's not enough," said Riza on Tuesday, March 8.

Riza said that this year, the DKI Provincial Government has various flood control programs that are used from the PEN budget. Among them are the dredging of 9 reservoirs, the construction of 2 polders, and the dredging of 2 rivers. However, the revitalization of Pluit Reservoir has not been included in the program.

Moreover, he continued, the loan funds from the BUMN PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur were not only used for the flood program.

"We have to share, yes. Limited funding must be divided into programs, regions. We can't concentrate all the budget on flooding, right we can't. There are transportation, education, and other programs," he explained.

As is known, the DKI Provincial Government received a PEN loan from the central government with a total of IDR 12.5 trillion in 2020. Funds amounting to Rp5.297 trillion are allocated for flood prevention which will be carried out for three years until 2022.

Currently, the rest of the special PEN funds for flood handling at the Water Resources Service is Rp. 371 billion. The DKI Provincial Government targets the remaining budget to be absorbed this month.

Meanwhile, the remaining funds will be allocated to 13 major rivers in Jakarta. Among them are the River or Kali Sunter which is located in the Cipinang Melayu Village, Pondok Bambu Village, and Cipinang Muara Village.

Furthermore, the Ciliwung River or River is located in Rawajati Village, East Pejaten Village, Tanjung Barat Village, Cawang Village, Bale Kambang Village, Cililitan Village and Gedong Village.

Then Kali Angke which is in Duri Kosambi Village, South Kembangan Village, and Kali Jati Kramat in Pondok Kelapa Village.