Giring Ganesha: Anies Is More Important To Beautify JPO And Citizen Genting Than Overcome Floods

Giring Ganesha. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Acting Head (Plt) Chairman of the DPP Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) Giring Ganesha criticizes the steps taken by DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan who is considered not serious in overcoming the Jakarta floods and prefers to blame other parties.

"Don't just throw mistakes on the rainfall and floods. In the previous flood, the status of floodgates in Bogor and Depok was normal. This means that the flood occurred because Governor Anies did not have a clear plan and way to overcome it," said Giring, quoted from Antara, Sunday. February 21st.

For the last three years, continued Giring, Anies has never been serious about dealing with flooding, like the Jakarta Governor's move to remove the river normalization program, then replace it with naturalization.

"The naturalization of rivers that Anies has always talked about is proven to be only a concept on paper, not being carried out in the field, while river normalization has been abolished. As a result, flooding has worsened," said the PSI politician.

Apart from that, said the former vocalist of Nidji, before the rainy season there was no visible effort to dredge the river, clean the waterways and check the pump.

"When these actions are not carried out, it is impossible for Jakarta to be free from flooding. In fact, DKI Jakarta's budget is more than sufficient to finance all of these," Giring added.

Instead of rationing it for flood prevention, Giring regretted the budget allocation for things that were far from the immediate needs of residents.

"The Jakarta budget is being wasted on unnecessary things. Look, for the payment of advances to Formula E, beautifying the JPO, or painting the roof tiles of residents' houses. From here, Governor Anies seems unable to set priorities. Urgent needs are subordinated to matters. being cosmetic, it takes precedence, "concluded Giring.

Floods occurred evenly in a number of locations in Jakarta on Saturday, February 20, with water levels varying from 30 cm to 2 meters so that around 1,300 residents had to be evacuated to evacuation places.

Meanwhile, DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said that currently there are still 17 Rukun Warga (RW) which were inundated by floods due to the heavy rains that hit the Capital City.

"There are 17 RWs that are still inundated, from yesterday as many as 113 RWs. So Alhamdulillah, the reconciliation process is going well," said Anies while visiting Manggarai Water Gate, Central Jakarta, Sunday.

According to Anies, currently the surface of the Ciliwung, Krukut, Sunter and Pesanggarahan rivers is in a normal position.

"You can see for yourself at the Manggarai Gate, since this morning water shipments from outside Jakarta from the central and upstream areas have decreased," he said.