Avoiding Cross Opinions On The Causes Of Floods, DPRD Suggests That A Special Committee Is Needed

DPRD DKI Jakarta. (Photo: Twitter @dprddkijakarta)

JAKARTA - Floods in Jakarta earlier this year were considered a serious problem by the DKI DPRD. For this reason, they plan to create a special committee (special committee) to investigate with certainty the causes of the current flooding.

Chairman of the Golkar faction DPRD DKI Basri Baco said that this decision was based on the results of a review of the worst affected areas, namely in Semanan, West Jakarta. Baco said the drainage system was inadequate.

"We agreed to propose to the leadership so that we form a special committee team. This is to find out the facts and data and what is the main cause of the flood," said Baco at the DPRD DKI Building, Central Jakarta, Wednesday, January 8.

Furthermore, said Baco, the special committee for floods will look for solutions and definite steps in overcoming floods, so that the floods that will come will not be as bad as what happened a few days ago.

In addition, the DPRD also wants to know the extent of the role of the executive agency, between the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government and the central government in dealing with Jakarta's floods. The reason is, there was a difference of opinion between the Minister of PUPR Basuki Hadimuljono and the Governor of DKI Anies Baswedan regarding the causes of the Jakarta floods.

According to Basuki, areas that were flooded were areas that had not been normalized. It is known that the normalization time for the Ciliwung River is targeted to be 33 km. However, what has only been implemented is about 16 km.

Anies also denied. According to Anies, the source of the flood problem is not in normalization. However, there is control of water from upstream, namely the West Java region. For Anies, no matter how wide the land is released, if there is no control of water from the South. Jakarta will continue to be flooded.

Therefore, when the special committee for flood works, it is hoped that this kind of disagreement will not happen again. "The special committee will be able to neutralize or find a common ground for conflicts between the provincial government and the PUPR ministry, which is always throwing tantrums related to the main causes of flooding," explained Baco.

Furthermore, Baco said that the special committee for floods had been agreed upon by six of the nine factions. The parties are Golkar, NasDem, PAN, PSI, Gerindra and PDIP. Meanwhile, PKS, Democrats, and PPP-PKB have not decided to approve or not.