Subscription Of Inundation During Rain, TPU Tegal Alur Jakarta Diuruk Parks Service

The land for the tomb of the AI block, Tegal Alur TPU, is dredged because it is often flooded due to rain, Wednesday (20/3/2024). ANTARA/Risky Syukur

JAKARTA - The burial ground of the Christian unit block AI at the Tegal Alur public cemetery (TPU) is dredged because it is often inundated every time it rains.

The hoarding of land in the tomb block located behind the TPU office building has an area of one to one and a half meters which has been an empty land.

"The hoarding was carried out because of the low land position so that it was prone to flooding when it rained," said Head of the Satpel TPU Zona VI West Jakarta City Parks and Forests Sub-department (Tamhut), Wapin in Jakarta, Wednesday, March 20, which was confiscated by Antara.

Now, said Wawan, the progress of dredging the burial land has reached 90 percent, because its implementation began in January 2024 and is targeted to be completed in April 2024.

"Now it is 90 percent (reduced progress). It has started since January and will be completed in mid-April 2024," said Wapin.

Wawan added that the backfill of the tomb used red soil by deploying as many as two excavator units.

"TPU Tegal Alur Christian units are now full, so during the recitation process they did not receive the funeral first," said Wawin.

Furthermore, he said, if the backfill has been completed, the land can accommodate 1,500 bodies for burial.

"Currently, the work has reached 90 percent and will be finished in mid-April 2024. However, because some of the niruk land has been hard, when Lebaran has been able to receive 500 funerals," said Wapin.