DKI Deputy Governor Called River Naturalization This Year, Where Is It Located?

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JAKARTA - Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta, Ahmad Riza Patria, said that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government will naturalize the river this year. This program is included in one of the flood prevention efforts.

"Of course this year there is naturalization, there is normalization, everything is carried out," said Riza at the City Hall of DKI, Central Jakarta, Friday, February 19.

When asked about the location of the naturalization work. Riza didn't answer. "Technically, please coordinate with the Water Resources Office," he said.

Riza admitted that there were still many residential areas that were flooded when the rain flushed Jakarta. Unfortunately, they are reluctant to move to be relocated. In fact, the Provincial Government has a river or river widening program and is currently working to free up residential land along the riverbanks.

"There are still many of our residents who like to live on riverbanks," he said.

However, Riza admitted that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government continues to ask these residents to be relocated. Residents who live along the riverbanks will be asked to move to rented flats or owned apartments in order to carry out the river normalization and naturalization program.

This is because many plains in DKI are now lower. One of the reasons is the dredging of land for development.

"There is an area where the land used to be dredged and taken to Senayan. So, Senayan used to be elevated. The land sources come from various regions including the South (Jakarta) area. Now the area is like a puddle, if it rains it floods," he said. he.

Riza said that his party will continue to improve flood prevention programs, especially optimizing the dredging of reservoirs, streams and rivers.

"One shift is two shifts forward. So there is accelerated dredging. We have 257 excavators, and more than 260 dump trucks," he said.