Anies: West Jakarta Still Not Flood Free, Water Shipments From Kali Angke Are Still Lurking

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said that the condition of Jakarta is not yet 100 percent free from the threat of flooding, especially since there is still a shipment of water from upstream through the Angke River through West Jakarta.

"Although three principles during flooding in Jakarta, namely alertness, responsiveness when there is an incident and shipyard when there is a problem, have been carried out by all levels at all levels, conditions have not been 100 percent normal," Anies said as quoted by Antara, Sunday, February 21.

In West Jakarta (West Jakarta) around Kali Angke, there are still puddles on either side of the river. Kali Angke still holds water coming from the Tangerang area. However, the water discharge has decreased in the Upper Angke River in Bogor, West Java.

"In the upper reaches of the Angke River, exactly before I met friends, there was a decline, but it took a few hours to go down to Jakarta. This will all be when Angke River ends in Cengkareng Drain," he said.

Although in Angke River the water is still moving, said Anies, the water level in several other rivers in the capital has returned to normal.

"Since this morning, the surface of the Ciliwung River, Krukut River, Sunter River, Pesanggrahan has arrived at its normal position. You can see for yourself at the Manggarai Water Gate. So starting this morning the water delivery from outside Jakarta from the central and upstream areas has decreased," said Anies. .

Anies revealed that the process of extracting water in submerged areas in the Kemang and Sudirman areas caused by the overflow of Krukut River had been carried out since Sunday, February 21 at dawn.

"Alhamdulillah, there were quite a lot of flooded areas yesterday because the Krukut River passed, such as the Kemang, Tendean, Widya Chandra area and even Jalan Jenderal Sudirman area, it missed the Krukut River," he said.

The Krukut River last night began to recede and the pumping process continued until dawn. "We can see that this morning the roads are all dry and vehicles can pass them well," he said.

Acting Head (Plt) Head of DKI Jakarta BPBD Sabdo Kurnianto explained, floods in the Central Jakarta area had completely subsided since Saturday (20/2) evening at 21.30 WIB. Meanwhile, in other areas there are still floods with varying water levels.

Overall, there are 49 RTs that are still affected from a total of 30,470 RTs in Jakarta or 0.161 percent. The total number of refugees was 1,722 from 514 families, all of whom were from the East Jakarta area.

In West Jakarta, there are five RWs consisting of six RT, m with a water level of 40-70 centimeters (cm). In South Jakarta, there are six RWs consisting of 11 RTs with water levels of 40-90 cm.

In East Jakarta, there are 12 RWs consisting of 32 RTs with a water level of 40-100 cm. The total number of refugees is in East Jakarta, namely 1,722 people from 514 families. Then, five people were reported to have died as a result of the flood, four of them were children and one elderly man.

The victim is a 67-year-old male who is locked in a house in Jatipadang, South Jakarta. In addition, four children, consisting of three boys in South Jakarta and West Jakarta, were swept away by the flood while playing.

"One seven-year-old girl who drowned in West Jakarta," said Sabdo.