Puddles Of Water In RW 09 Lubang Buaya Village Gradually Recedes After Being Suspended By Portable Pumps

Puddle Of Water In RW 09 Lubang Buaya Village Gradually Recedes After Being Suspended By Portable Pumps/ Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

JAKARTA - Floods that inundated residential areas on Jalan Damai, Gang Bahagia 1 and 2, RT 13/09, Lubang Buaya Village, Cipayung District, East Jakarta gradually receded, Wednesday, September 11.

"It's receded (on the road), but just a little more left in the house. Inside the house in the RT 13 area," said a resident with the initials H when confirmed by VOI.

The flood in the area receded due to the deployment of water suction from a portable pump deployed by the SDA and Gulkarmat Sub-dept. Task Force East Jakarta.

"Since yesterday afternoon, water has been extracted, until now it is still being sucked in," he said.

The flood inundation occurred due to the closure of the connecting water channel in the RT 13 area of Lubang Buaya Village. The water channel began to be closed on August 27, 2024.

Meanwhile, the inundation began on August 27 to 31, 2024. As a result of the closure of the drainage of the waterways, around 50 houses were affected by the unpleasant overflow of water. Ironically, the location of the clogged canal is located around the Lubang Buaya Village office.

Previously, it was reported that the impact of flooding was due to the closure of the drainage of the waterway on Jalan Damai RT 13/09, Lubang Buaya Village, Cipayung District, East Jakarta, which is increasingly expanding to other RT areas.

After the unilateral drainage of the waterways, local residents felt aggrieved by the flood inundation from the overflow of the waterways.

"About 50 houses were affected by the flood, but it turns out that the impact is not only RT 13, RT 04 has also been affected and has expanded to several RTs, the impact is more than 50 houses (KK)," said Bambang Kuncoro, a local resident to reporters at the location, Monday, September 9.

Bambang hopes that the East Jakarta City Government (Pemkot) can immediately intervene in response to the closure of the drainage of waterways carried out by land owners which are crossed by waterways.