Many Falling Victims As A Result Of Donating Tree, South Jakarta City Government Do CUTs

Officers cut large trees/ Photo: Antara

JAKARTA Anticipate fallen trees, the City Government (Pemkot) of the South Jakarta Administration (Jaksel) cut as many as 1,937 trees during January 2023. The purpose of pruning the tree is so that residents or the community do not become victims when the weather is extreme.

"The cutting of thousands of trees is carried out in 10 sub-districts in the South Jakarta area," said Head of the South Jakarta City Parks and Forests Sub-department, Elly Sugestianingsih, quoted from Antara, Thursday, February 2.

Elly detailed that the thousands of trees that were trimmed consisted of 367 light cuts, 1,130 moderate cuts and 364 heavy cuts.

According to Elly, light pruning is the cutting of the branches and branches that have spread over the road.

For moderate pruning, namely cutting to the tree. As for the weight cut, which is to trim large trees such as banyan trees and branches have covered the streets.

In addition, 15 trees have fallen and 61 trees have been cut down by the South Jakarta City Administrative City Parks and Forests Sub-Department (Jaksel) during January 2023.

In addition to anticipating fallen trees in the rainy season, this activity is also carried out to maintain and maintain the safety of passing residents.

Moreover, during the rainy season which is sometimes accompanied by strong winds, it is necessary to cut so that the burden of trees is reduced and is expected to minimize the incidence of fallen or broken trees.

"Most of us cut in Pancoran District during January," he said.

Elly appealed to the public to report to the officers if they found a tree that could potentially fall. Reports can be made through the JAKI application.

Crossing trees can be done to follow up on residents' requests. His party will also deploy officers to monitor trees that are considered prone to falling during the rainy season.

"I hope the fallen tree case that hit road users can be avoided," he said.