Governor Anies Said DKI Has A Tampung Limpung Parking Park, He Said The First In Indonesia

DKI Governor Anies Baswedan (Photo via Facebook Anies Baswedan)

JAKARTA - DKI Governor Anies Baswedan said Jakarta now has a temporary parking lot to accommodate the first natural-based river water supply in Indonesia. Able to reduce the burden on downstream areas when it rains.

"We now have a new approach where the temporary water parking space when the river has abundant water to reduce the burden on the downstream area because the water is stored in an area close to upstream," said Anies in Brigif Reservoir, Jakarta, Thursday, October 6.

He also said that the problem of river water overflow was triggered, one of which was because of the development that had occurred in the last few decades, so a natural-based approach was needed to deal with it.

According to him, in Indonesia there has been no project that prioritizes natural-based solutions to deal with overflowing river water when high water discharge is due to rainfall factors.

"What is based on nature has been implemented in various countries, Indonesia has not. But Alhamdulillah, this project marks the first natural-based project to solve the problem of river water overflow," said Anies.

He named the parking lot for the overflow of river water as "River Spice Room" in three locations which are currently in the process of building reservoirs, namely Brigif Reservoir, Lebak Bulus Reservoir and Pondok Ranggon Reservoir, all three of which are accommodated water.

Given that there is no similar project in the country, Anies sent a team to study in Singapore and the Netherlands for river water control projects during the rainy season.

"Indonesia is not the first, we refer to the experience because today we specifically invited the Singapore Ambassador to attend because we saw what was being done in Kallang River," Anies said in his remarks.

Meanwhile, Head of the DKI Water Resources Service (SDA) Yusmada Faizal said the Sungai Spice Room would become a blue open space part of the 942 project, namely nine polders, four reservoirs and two rivers.

The four reservoirs are Brigif, Lebak Bulus Reservoir, Pondok Ranggon Reservoir, and Wirajasa which were funded using the National Economic Recovery (PEN) budget disbursed by BUMN, PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur (SMI).

Although it did not mention the special budget value, the loan was paid using the APBD for the 2021-2022 multi-year period

He added that the construction of the four is currently in the final stage, which has only reached a total of 70 percent.

"As of now, the total progress is only 70 percent, the contract will expire in December 2022," he said.