Roads In The East Jakarta Customs Environment Are Submerged In Water, The Highest Is 50 Centimeters

A motorbike rider crosses Jalan Bojana Tirta, Pisangan Timur, Pulogadung, East Jakarta (Photo: Ilham / Antara).

JAKARTA - A number of roads in the vicinity of the Customs and Excise Education and Training Center Office, Pulogadung, East Jakarta were inundated by rainwater runoff with varying heights, Tuesday, February 16 morning.

"The puddle on Jalan Bojana Tirta was due to heavy rain from midnight last night. The highest was, after the Fajr prayer, it was about 50 centimeters," said local security officer Rohimi in Jakarta, as reported by Antara, Tuesday, February 16.

Apart from inundating Jalan Bojana Tirta, there is also another location of rainwater puddles on Jalan Gading Raya which is not far from the Customs and Excise Education and Training Center.

The road body at that location was submerged in water as high as 20-30 centimeters, thus hampering the speed of passing vehicles.

A number of motorists were forced to push their vehicle, which had turned off due to breaking through a puddle of rain.

Rohimi said that some of the stagnant water also entered people's houses, which are located lower than the road.

"This is because the Customs and Excise reservoir on Jalan Bojana Tirta is no longer able to accommodate it, so it is overflowing," he said.

A number of officers in the uniform of the Water Resources (SDA) Sub-dept. Overcome stagnant water by cleaning the channels at a number of points that are clogged with dirt and garbage.

"If we just clean the garbage, so that there are no blockages, water will flow quickly," said one of the SDA Sub-dept.