Rainy Season Comes, Depok City Government Starts Identification Of Flood Points

Illustration of floods (ANTARA)

A number of locations in Depok have been flooded since yesterday. The water level varies from 30 centimeters to one meter. Since last Thursday, heavy rains have hit Depok for a long time. This condition makes the water overflow into the road to enter people's homes.

Several areas in Depok have experienced flooding since yesterday, namely SDN 2 Tapos, Sukatani Natural Gas area, Pekapuran, Cimanggis, Perum Jatijajar, Jalan Raya Sawangan to Pondok Tirta Mandala. At Pondok Tirta Mandala the water level reaches 1 meter and submerges about 200 houses.

Head of Disaster Management of the Depok City Fire and Rescue Service (DPKP), Denny Romulo, said that since yesterday there have been several locations that have been submerged. Floods have hit a number of areas since yesterday after heavy rains.

What we received (flood reports) included Jalan Swadaya Perum The Bougenville Park Cilodong. There were 15 affected families," he said, Friday, December 1.

Floods also hit Villa Pamulang which affected 17 houses. Floods occurred due to the high intensity of rain.

"Currently we are still monitoring a number of locations," he said.

It is said that the areas affected by the flood are old spots that are often hit by floods during heavy rains. He admitted that he did not know of any new points of flooding.

"Currently it has not been seen because those affected are still old locations (regions). Maybe later if it rains continuously, they will find out which new locations are affected by the flood," he said.

The fire department together with other related parties admitted that they were ready to face flooding. The Depok City Damkar will cooperate with the PUPR, sub-district and village heads in anticipating the threat of flooding.

"We are ready and coordinating with each other. We have informed the PUPR Service which points have the potential for flooding," he said.