DPRD Doubts About Making Infiltration Wells: If Effective, It Should Not Be Flooded

DKI Jakarta DPRD Building (VOI)

JAKARTA - The DKI Provincial Government will continue the program of making vertical drainage or infiltration wells this year until 2022. He claims that infiltration wells are effective in reducing the impact of flooding.

Chairman of Commission D DPRD DKI Ida Mahampang doubts the effectiveness of the infiltration well construction that has been made in DKI. Because, if the program is effective, then flooding will not occur.

"The South Jakarta Water Resources Sub-dept. Forgives us that infiltration wells are effective. But, they should be effective if there is no flood. Well, if it is effective but floods are just a lie," said Ida at the DPRD DKI building, Central Jakarta, Monday, 22 February.

In fact, said Ida, the budget for making absorption wells in the 2021 DKI regional development and expenditure budget (APBD) has reached IDR 400 billion.

Because of that, Ida considered that there was a need for an evaluation of flood management, considering that a number of points in Jakarta were inundated by floods and have been in the spotlight in recent days.

"That cannot be played around with, this cannot be used as a stage for personal interest, but this is to be done so that the people can feel the reduction in floods in DKI. So, it's not enough to just talk. There must be action, "he said.

Previously, Head of DKI Jakarta Water Resources Agency, Juaini Yusuf, said that his party had a target of building 300 thousand vertical drainages or absorption wells starting in 2021 until the term of office of DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan ends in 2022.

"For 2021 to 2022, our plan is only 300,000 points with a budget of Rp400 billion, which we will start this year," said Juaini.

According to Juaini, the existence of infiltration wells is very effective in preventing flooding. "There are several cases in locations where inundation often occurs, because there is an infiltration well, the water is lost and it runs to the infiltration well," said Juaini.

However, infiltration wells made until the end of 2020 have not reached the target of 5,000 points. As of December 31, 2020, there have been 2,974 vertical drainage points in 777 locations, such as in RPTRA, Regional Government Buildings, Schools, City Parks, and Mosques.