East Jakarta Walkot Admits The Construction Of The Ciliwung Sodetan Outlet Is Not Over Yet

The flow of the Ciliwung River flows in the Jakarta area (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - East Jakarta Mayor M. Anwar admitted that currently the construction of the Ciliwung Sodetan outlet in the Kebon Nanas area has not been completed. In fact, President Joko Widodo targets the outlets to be completed this month.

"(Outlet Sodetan Ciliwung) is still running, it's not finished yet, it's going on," said Anwar at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Wednesday, April 26.

Anwar said that the construction of the water exit in the Ciliwung River was still being carried out by the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR). Anwar could not confirm when the work was completed.

"The construction is conducive. It is programmed to finish in April, then in May or June it will be used. That's according to PUPR. I can't say tomorrow or the day after tomorrow because everything is done by the ministry," said Anwar.

The work on the Ciliwung Sodetan, which began many years ago, was resumed when the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono took office.

On Tuesday, January 24, the Ciliwung Sodetan outlet area in Kebon Nanas, Jatinegara was reviewed by President Joko Widodo.

Jokowi highlighted the condition of the Ciliwung Sodetan which had stalled during the Anies Baswedan era as Governor of DKI Jakarta.

After Heru took office, the DKI Provincial Government immediately carried out land acquisition for a number of residential areas belonging to the sodetan outlet area.

"The Ciliwung decade, which has stopped for 6 years, yesterday, a month and a half of land has been acquired here, so that drilling can be started again and we hope that it will be completed in April, God willing," Jokowi said at the location, Tuesday, January 24.

Jokowi explained that this 1.3-kilometer giant culvert, when operating, could reduce the water discharge by 33 cubic meters per second on the Ciliwung River to be diverted to the East Flood Canal (BKT).

"Then in Alert 1 (the flow can reach) 63 cubic meters per second. It's very big. If it is functioning later, it will greatly reduce the flooding in Jakarta," explained Jokowi.