Perumnas III Bekasi Floods Up To 30 Centimeters

Floods in Perumnas III Bekasi (Photo: Duwi Tri Cahyani / VOI)

JAKARTA - The area of Perumnas III, Aren Jaya, East Bekasi, Bekasi City was flooded by about 30 centimeters this morning. Observed, the deepest flood inundated Jalan Nusantara.

Rain in this area started at 01.30 WIB in the morning. Rain and its location close to a river make Perumnas III a flood-prone area.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts that the East Bekasi area will be hit by light rain from morning to night.

In addition, a number of roads in the vicinity of the Customs and Excise Education and Training Center Office, Pulogadung, East Jakarta were flooded with rainwater runoff with varying heights, Tuesday, February 16 morning.

"The puddle on Jalan Bojana Tirta was due to heavy rain from the middle of the night. The highest was, after the Fajr prayer, it was about 50 centimeters," said local security officer, Rohimi.

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.