JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung has decided to extend the implementation of weather modification operations (OMC) for one full month. This policy was taken following the potential for high rainfall that is still lurking in Jakarta and the surrounding areas until early February.
Pramono revealed that the DKI Provincial Government had prepared a budget for weather modification for one month as long as it was needed in the effort to handle floods.
He emphasized that as long as the budget was available and OMC was still needed for flood control, the DKI Provincial Government would not stop the operation.
"The DKI Jakarta Government together with the DKI Jakarta DPRD has indeed allocated for a full month of its budget. So if it is still needed, we will conduct OMC," said Pramono in North Jakarta, Tuesday, January 27.
The implementation of OMC itself has started since mid-January and was previously extended until January 27. According to Pramono, the impact of the operation is quite felt on the weather conditions in Jakarta.
"If this morning at 7.00 am we did not raise the OMC, the weather would be different from what we feel at this time," he said.
The DKI Provincial Government, continued Pramono, continues to monitor weather developments based on data from the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG). From the results of the monitoring, OMC is still considered relevant to be carried out until early February.
"The results of BMKG are that now there is a possibility that by February 1 the weather should be done with OMC," said Pramono.
In addition to being focused on Jakarta, OMC is also carried out in border areas and buffer areas. This step is taken to anticipate the potential for water shipments from the surrounding area which is also expected to be hit by heavy rain.
"We actually also do it at the border. Because there is a possibility for a few days, both in Tangerang, South Tangerang, then in Bogor, in Bekasi, the rainfall is high," said Pramono.
He assessed that mitigation of potential extreme weather that was only carried out in Jakarta would not be effective if the surrounding area was not controlled. However, Jakarta remains the main focus.
"It's useless to work on Jakarta alone, then we get a fairly large shipment so that it can be done as a whole. But the main focus is Jakarta. The main focus is Jakarta," he said.
"The most important thing is not to let the impact of high rainfall then cause flooding like we felt a few days ago. So that's what we'll do," continued Pramono.
Outside the OMC, Pramono emphasized the importance of handling floods in layers, ranging from short-term to long-term. River normalization and large-scale flood control projects remain part of the DKI Provincial Government agenda.
"So, indeed, short-term, medium-term, and of course long-term handling, the normalization of the river as a whole and including the completion of the Giant Sea Wall, NCICD, and so on must still be done in Jakarta," he added.
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