South Jakarta City Government Builds 17 Water Channels In Several Flood-Prone Areas

Illustration of the construction of a water channel in South Jakarta/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - Entering the rainy season, the South Jakarta City Government (Pemkot) built 17 waterways to deal with flooding.

Head of South Jakarta SDA Sub-dept. Santo said that currently there are 9 constructions of waterways that are running, two of which have been completed.

"In the near future there will be 8 more developments. So a total of 17 waterway constructions," said Santo in his statement, Friday, June 28.

Santo explained that 9 waterway constructions have been carried out since April 2024 and are targeted for completion in November. However, there are two of them almost finished construction.

Two developments on Menteng Wadas Street, and Menteng Atas RW 6, have been completed. For those in Menteng over RW 01, it has reached 94 percent," he said.

On his occasion, Santo admitted that the current development has resulted in congestion at a number of points.

Nevertheless, he also said that before the construction, he had conducted socialization to the people of the region.

"Apologizing for the narrowing of the road body. His party has also coordinated with the South Jakarta Transportation Sub-dept. and the Traffic Police. The reason is, every day there are four officers assisted by the Traffic Police who regulate traffic on Jalan Prof. Dr. Satrio, "the lid