Anies Meet Luhut, Asking For Assistance In Jakarta Flood Control

DKI Governor Anies Baswedan meets Luhut Pandjaitan (Instagram luhut.pandjaitan)

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan visited the office of the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menkomarves) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan.

To Luhut, Anies discussed the problem of regional development and the acceleration of infrastructure development in DKI Jakarta. This was revealed by Luhut in uploading the Instagram account luhut.pandjaitan.

"Pak Luhut, I come to you with a menu of problems," said Anies, quoted by Luhut in his Instagram account, Wednesday, March 10.

"I answered 'no problem sir, we can solve it. As long as it has to be integrated'," replied Luhut.

Luhut said, Anies asked for support from the local government regarding three main problems for the DKI Provincial Government, mainly flood control in the capital.

Luhut admitted that the causes and types of flooding in Jakarta are quite diverse, namely tidal floods, embankments and river overflows.

He conveyed to Anies the need for flood control in the upstream, in the capital, activation of pump houses, and how to make drainage in the Capital City function properly.

"What is no less important is that the handling of garbage and waste in Jakarta is carried out appropriately. If all of these things are done simultaneously, I think we can overcome floods in Jakarta," said Luhut.

Another problem that Anies expressed to Luhut was transportation development that needed to be continuously integrated. This includes the construction of public transportation infrastructure tracts for the ease of mobility of citizens of the Capital City and Jabodetabek.

The third problem, Anies asked the central government to also focus on the tourism sector in the development of the Thousand Islands area.

According to Luhut, the existing national economic recovery budget must be transformed into something useful for the community through labor-intensive projects to get the economy moving again.

"The policies of the central government and local governments should synergize with each other to build each other. Let us let go of the sectoral egos that exist between us for the success of Indonesia's sustainable development," he said.