Normalization Of Ciliwung River, Acting Governor Of DKI Will Transfer The Affected Residents To The Flats

Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta, Heru Budi Hartono. (Photo: Rizky Adytia Pramana/VOI)

JAKARTA - The DKI Provincial Government (Pemprov) will continue the Ciliwung River normalization project in the East Jakarta area. Later, the affected residents will be transferred to flats (rusun).

"There are flats and others, there are those who, if they have certificates and others, we will give them a replacement," said Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta, Heru Budi Hartono at Jakarta International Velodrome, East Jakarta, Saturday, January 14.

So far, the normalization process for the Ciliwung River has started to run in several sub-districts. With the program already running, it is hoped that it can prevent flood disasters when rainfall increases.

"Maybe there is a Keramat Jati sub-district, then Jatinegara and as it has been going on (normalization, ed)," he said.

The former Head of the Presidential Secretariat asked the public to support the program. Because, the purpose behind it is solely for the common good in the future.

"This is for the benefit of Jakarta residents for the next 50 years and 100 years. It's something like that," said Heru.

On the previous occasion, Heru Budi Hartono gathered the ranks of the DKI Provincial Government in a leadership meeting to discuss planning the construction of a giant embankment on the coast of Jakarta in the National Capital Integrated Coastal Development (NCICD) project.

In the meeting, Heru asked for an explanation from the ranks of the DKI Water Resources Service, the DKI Regional Development Planning Agency (Bappeda), and the Assistants of the DKI Regional Secretary to describe the work of NCICD.

NCICD is an integrated control wall project and a water reservoir built with the aim of reducing the impact of flooding in Jakarta. NCICD is the development of Giant Sea Wall, a marine embankment construction project highlighted by Jokowi.

More specifically, Giant Sea Wall, which is the work on NCICD phase B and phase C, includes the construction of outer sea embankments, sea reclamation, toll roads from Tangerang and Bekasi.

Meanwhile, NCICD phase A has begun to be carried out and is targeted for completion by 2027.

All NCICD is a joint project between the DKI Provincial Government and the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR).

The construction of the giant embankment is one of the projects to anticipate flood disasters in the capital city.