M Taufik Invites DPRD Members To Save 10 Percent Of Salary For Jakarta Flood Victims

DKI Jakarta DPRD meeting room (Diah Ayu Wardani / VOI)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the DKI Jakarta Regional Representative Council (DPRD) Muhammad Taufik took the initiative to invite all members of the DKI DPRD to donate 10 percent of their salaries for flood-affected victims. If the contribution can be set aside from the take home pay of the board members received in one month.

"Leaders and members have different salaries. The assumption is that from my salary, I donate 10 million, handed over to Sekwan (Secretary of the Council)," said Taufik at the DPRD DKI Building, Central Jakarta, January 6.

This donation money, said Taufik, could be used to provide for the residents' needs during the evacuation, such as clothes and food, as well as buying house cleaning supplies.

According to Taufik, this request would not be burdensome for members of the DPRD DKI Jakarta council. Where the salary of each member of the board ranges from Rp. 59 million to Rp. 111 million.

If the amount of donations is leveled like a moninal that Taufik mocked as much as Rp10 million, then the assistance that can be submitted by the DPRD for flood victims in Jakarta will be Rp1.06 billion.

"I will ask Sekwan to give the donation (to the residents)," he said.

BPBD Jakarta when evacuating flood-affected residents (Irvan Meidianto / VOI)

There are still many residents displaced

There are still a number of residents who have fled due to flooding in Jakarta. Based on data from the DKI Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) this morning, the largest number of refugees are in West Jakarta.

"In West Jakarta, there are still three RTs in one urban village that were affected by the flood. The water level is currently at least 150 cm deep. There are still 2,867 refugees in five refugee locations," Head of Data and Information Center of DKI Jakarta BPBD M Ridwan told reporters, Monday January.

Apart from West Jakarta, several refugee camps are still scattered in East Jakarta, North Jakarta, South Jakarta and Central Jakarta. This is due to the overflowing volume of river water and tidal floods that still inundate the area.