DKI Prepares The Pump Operational Alert Task Force To Anticipate Floods

The West Jakarta City Government (Jakbar City Government) during a preparatory simulation ahead of the rainy season at Citra Housing Reservoir 8, Pengadungan Village, Kalideres, Tuesday (28/11/2023). ANTARA/Risky Syukur

JAKARTA - The DKI Water Resources Agency (SDA) has prepared a pump operational alert task force, both stationary and mobile, as an effort to deal with the rainy season and flood prevention.

"The handling of inundation carried out by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Natural Resources Service is to alert the task force in the field and pump operations," said Acting Head of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Natural Resources Office, Ika Agustin Ningrum, quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, November 30.

In addition, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government also continues to improve coordination with all parties, such as the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), the Environment Agency (DLH), mayors, sub-district heads, village heads, to RT/RW as well as other relevant stakeholders for flood management.

The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government also continues to prepare various preparedness steps in the face of the rainy season. Synergy between regional apparatus is carried out to ensure that flood management can run optimally.

The facilities and infrastructure for flood management that were alerted by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Natural Resources Service, continued Ika, were 578 pumps in 202 locations, 251 heavy equipment, 557 mobile pumps, 845 floodgates in 589 locations, and 4,189 blue troops.

"We also appeal and at the same time disseminate information to all stakeholders and the public through social media, as well as invitations to the public to maintain environmental cleanliness, such as cleaning waterways, starting from ditches in front of houses to canals/rivers, and not littering," explained Ika.

Meanwhile, Head of DKI Jakarta Provincial BPBD Isnawa Adji said 26 disaster management officers or a rapid reaction team (TRC) in every village in Jakarta. This is an effort to accelerate disaster coordination and management.

BPBD DKI Jakarta terus menyebarluaskan informasi cuaca terkini dan kondisi Tinggi Muka Air (TMA) kepada masyarakat melalui kanal media sosial maupun lewat lamanhttps://bpbd.jakarta.go.id/.

"We also provide early warning information regarding the increase in water level (TMA) through Disaster Early Warning System (DEWS) and SMSBlast, as well as early warning weather through pages, social media, WhatsApp Group and Telegram channels so that people are vigilant," said Isnawa.

Not only that, the ranks of the DKI Jakarta BPBD also checked flood management facilities including tents, boats, ring buoys (saving tires), jackets, and buoys. The personnel also simulated the construction of tents in 25 flood-prone villages as well as several urban villages that have the potential to be flood-prone.