Anies Baswedan Sinks Jakarta Becoming A Trending Topic On Twitter

The Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan. (Photo: DKI Jakarta Provincial Government Public Relations)

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan ranks at the top of trending topics in the bluebird application, Twitter. This is related to the floods that hit most parts of Jakarta.

As of Saturday, February 20 at 11.43 Western Indonesia Time, the hashtag #AniesTenggelamkanJakarta has been tweeted 7,240 times. Citizens crowded out to criticize the number one person in DKI Jakarta.

"Thank you, Mr. Anies, after living in Jakarta for many years, I finally experienced flooding three times a year. I became more productive while waiting for the pump to stop flooding in the complex," tweeted the @andre_nuaba account, Saturday, February 20.

"A high waterlog, not a flood," tweeted the account @Lalapo97956859

"Later, the house will just change to the ship," tweeted Wijin's account

"Mrs. Susi drowned the ship, #AniesTenggelamkanJakarta got a delivery from a friend from the Mampang area. Usually, the RW (Community Association) was not flooded, this time it was flooded," tweeted @FirzaHusain

"Please sir try to discuss with the soil so that the water will be absorbed into the ground," tweeted @Goldenhoursxz

For information, the DKI Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) noted that there are 99 RTs (Neighbourhood Association) in Jakarta that have been flooded since Thursday. In detail, there are 3 RTs in West Jakarta and 96 RTs in East Jakarta.

This condition is different from Anies' hope, where the flood can recede for up to six hours. Regarding the duration of handling inundation and flooding in Jakarta, the Acting Head of BPBD DKI Sabdo Kurnianto admitted that his party has tried to resolve inundation and flooding within 6 hours.

However, he emphasized, the duration of 6 hours has been calculated since the rain stopped and there were no more rivers or drains.

"Starting to count like that, since there is no more overflow and the rain has stopped. If there is still overflow from the river or channel, then it will not flow water either," said Sabdo in his statement.

DKI Jakarta Development and Environment Assistant Yusmada Faizal explained the cause of the flooding that has occurred from yesterday to today in a number of Jakarta areas, especially in East Jakarta.

Yusmada explained, the highest rainfall from yesterday to today is in the Halim Perdanakusuma area with 160 millimeters per day, Manggarai and Pasar Minggu 130 millimeters per day, and Sunter Hulu 107 millimeters per day.

Unfortunately, the drainage system in DKI is built with a rainfall capacity of between 50 and 100 millimeters per day. Drainage in the area is unable to accommodate water with high rainfall, resulting in water overflows to settlements.

"It should be noted, our drainage system is designed based on rainfall of 50 to 100 milliliters per day. Therefore, if there is extreme rain up to 160 millimeters, it will overflow," explained Yusmada.

However, Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta, Ahmad Riza Patria, compared the current number of flood refugee locations with the conditions when Joko Widodo's leadership took office as Governor of DKI in 2013.

In the flood since Thursday, February 18th, there were 99 RTs out of 30,470 RTs that were affected by the flood. The number of evacuation locations has only been recorded as 2 locations.

"As of today, the number of evacuations is very small. If you look at the data from previous years, there has been a significant decline," said Riza.

"In 2013, for example, there were 1,115 refugee points. In 2015 there were 337 evacuation points. In 2018 there were no evacuation points, in 2019 there were 13 points, in 2020 there were 70 points. In 2021 we are recapitulating, while there are 1 to 2 evacuation points," he continued.

Riza also compared the number of casualties due to floods. In 2013 there were 38 victims, in 2018 1 person, in 2019 2 people, 2020 2 people.

In principle, said Riza, there was a significant decrease in the number of refugees and casualties. This is thanks to the efforts of the people of Jakarta who support government programs.

"Hopefully in 2021 there will be no deaths due to flooding. The people who are affected are also decreasing, the affected villages can also decrease, the affected sub-districts will also decrease," he said.