Pramono Will Continue Anies' Ala Infiltration Well To Control Floods: Various Ways Must Be Continued

Pramono Anung/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - Candidate for Governor of Jakarta number 3, Pramono Anung admitted that he would continue to build infiltration wells to control Jakarta floods if he was elected as Governor of DKI along with his deputy, Rano Karno.

Infiltration wells are Anies Baswedan's mainstay program during his tenure as Governor of DKI Jakarta. However, Pramono admitted that there was no problem if he continued the previous governor's idea program.

"Various ways have to be done. I am not the person who then (concern this security problem belongs to Pak Anies, who owns this," said Pramono at his residence, Kemang, South Jakarta, Friday, September 27.

In overall flood management, Pramono assessed the need for synergy between the regional government and the central government.

This has been done by the operation of the Sukamahi and Ciawi reservoirs by the central government which was inaugurated by President Joko Widodo in December 2022. Meanwhile, the DKI Provincial Government activated pumps that drain the water flow in the river so as not to overflow into settlements when the rain arrives.

If there are other programs that can reduce the impact of flooding, Pramono continued, he will run them, including infiltration wells.

"If then the infiltration will reduce the flood, why not do it? So all the ways must be done, because indeed Jakarta is a flat place with sea level. Even in some places it is already below it," explained Pramono.

Apart from Pramono, the Candidate for Governor of Jakarta number 1 Ridwan Kamil (RK) also admitted that he wanted to increase the number of infiltration wells initiated by Anies. RK said that the infiltration well program is one solution to prevent flooding for five years.

"Actually, the flooding is not very routine, what they are worried about is the five-year flood. I also see that infiltration wells already exist, the previous program will be reproduced later, and we anticipate the five-year floods," said the former Governor of West Java, Thursday, September 26.