Ciliwung Normalization Continues, Land Acquisition In Scenes Begins June

Air photos are in conditions along the Ciliwung River in the Bukit Diri area, Jakarta, Sunday (5/1/2020). BETWEEN PHOTOs/Muhammad Adimaja/pras

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government continues the Ciliwung River normalization project to overcome the impact of Jakarta floods. DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung has approved the determination of the location (penlok) for the land to be acquired.

Acting Head of the DKI Jakarta Water Resources (SDA) Office, Ika Agustin Ningrum, said that there were three urban villages that had been determined to close them. Pengadegan Village, Pancoran District is the first area to carry out land acquisition this year.

"For the normalization of Ciliwung in the Pengadegan segment, the target land acquisition is completed this year. God willing, at the end of June we will start land acquisition," said Ika when met in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, Monday, May 19.

Selain Pengadegan, Pramono juga telah melakukan penlok di Kelurahan Cililitan dan Kelurahan Cawang, Kecamat Jati, Jakarta Timur.

"There are 11 penlok. Of the 11 penlok total, 3. Now it is in the process of (accreting the penlok) again. My target is that by the end of this year all the droplets have come out. Next year we just have to pay, pay, pay," said Ika.

The DKI Provincial Government has allocated a budget of IDR 98 billion for the land acquisition for Ciliwung normalization this year. In the draft amendment to the 2025 APBD, the DKI Provincial Government is proposing an additional budget of IDR 83.95 billion to cover the need for land acquisition costs.

The total budget needed to acquire Ciliwung normalization land during 2025 is IDR 182.7 billion.

The land acquisition for the normalization of Ciliwung is the task of the DKI Provincial Government. Meanwhile, the central government through the Ministry of Public Works is working on the construction of river embankments that have been normalized or widened.

"The target scene is finished this year. Let one finish, then the clilitan will be finished. If the scene with the client is complete, the Ministry of Public Works will immediately enter this year's (construction work)," explained Ika.

For information, the government targets the normalization of Ciliwung to be carried out along 33.69 kilometers. As of April 2025, the embankment has been built along 17.17 kilometers. So that the remaining 16.52 kilometers of rivers with unsecured land and embankments are built.

The normalization of the Ciliwung River is part of the Main Plan for Flood Control in Jakarta which is carried out from downstream to upstream. The normalization of the river is an effort to restore the condition wide times to normal again, which is 40-50 meters.