Apartment Developers In The Cawang Area Triggers Anger From The Mayor Of East Jakarta, Because The Construction Of Reservoirs Causes Residents' Housing Floods

East Jakarta Mayor Muhammad Anwar at the construction site of a dam built by an apartment developer in Cawang, East Jakarta/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - As many as 100 families (KK) in the Cawang area, East Jakarta were affected by flooding due to a dam construction project by an apartment developer. Due to the impact of the flood, residents' activities were disrupted.

Residents also reported the complaints they experienced to the City Government (Pemkot) of East Jakarta (Jaktim). Receiving reports from residents, East Jakarta Mayor Muhammad Anwar was furious.

The Mayor of East Jakarta immediately conducted a survey to the location of residential areas affected by the flood.

After checking the location, Mayor Muhammad Anwar reprimanded the developer and temporarily took over the project until the residents' settlements were free from flooding.

"This is the impact of the apartment's signature flood. I saw what the field looks like, the readiness of the pump so that residents don't flood first," said Mayor Muhammad Anwar at the location, Friday, April 8.

According to Anwar, the developer building the dam is not appropriate.

"I took over so that my residents wouldn't be in trouble. I only found out 3 days ago, when I came here there was no flood," he said.

The East Jakarta mayor is targeting the discharge of water from the reservoir to the Ciliwung River to be completed on Friday, April 8th.

"The government is here to serve its citizens, according to the direction of the Governor. Hopefully it won't flood again in the future. There are 100 families here, but there are 50 families who were severely affected by flooding," he said.

The East Jakarta City Government also deployed hundreds of officers from the Water Resources Sub-dept. (SDA) and the Central Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. of East Jakarta to carry out flood relief.