Ahok Gives Tips To Anies Overcoming Jakarta Floods, The Point Is Staying Brave Is Not A Matter Of Popularity

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JAKARTA - Floods are a scourge for Jakarta residents. Every peak of the rainy season, floods haunt.

This is what happened on the third weekend of February. Former DKI Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) talked about the flood management program that had been designed for a long time, in the era of Fauzi Bowo.

"The programs from the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) and also BBWSCC (Balai Besar Ciliwung Cisadane River Basin) and also the World Bank, are all resolved. "I want to use sheet pile because people's houses are already congested and the condition of the structure landslides or use natural methods", said Ahok to VOI, Saturday, February 20 evening.

Ahok emphasized that river normalization must be carried out. If you want normalization or what is called naturalization by DKI Governor Anies Baswedan, it must be done by ensuring the return of the watershed (DAS).

"If you want to return it to its original watershed shape, where the water can be maximized, all buildings that have to be in the watershed area will be demolished. In Jatinegara there are shophouses that we have to demolish, let alone houses without permits and occupy the watershed", said Ahok, giving an example of flood management in his era leading the capital city of DKI.

However, Ahok emphasized that the river normalization must be accompanied by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government's program to provide shelter for Jakarta residents who have to be evicted from riverbank areas. Flats, the solution.

"Just provide a lot of affordable flats. Property for life, the right to stay and the pay is cheap. Asked to buy the people, the UMP salary, especially since the salary is not certain, which one can afford to buy a 0 percent house? Many houses are not selling at 0 percent interest. Don't get 0 percent DP (deal price), if the UMP salary can be the main installments", said Ahok.

Ahok advised the governor of Jakarta to carry out programs including flood management bravely. Without worrying about popularity.

"In DKI everything is complete. It is up to us to be brave or not to run the existing program and if there is no change in the study of the existing program. Just do it. Everything is done to clean up transportation, floods and administer social justice only. It's not a matter of being popular or not. This is a matter of carrying out duties by the oath of office and professionally or not while in office", said Ahok.