DKI Provincial Government Targets To Build 40 Thousand Infiltration Wells This Year

Infiltration wells (Photo: jakarta.go.id)

JAKARTA - Head of the DKI Water Resources Agency, Yusmada Faizal, said that his party was continuing the construction of infiltration wells or vertical drainage as an effort to prevent flooding.

"The infiltration well is running," Yusmada told reporters, Friday, September 24.

Yusmada said that currently around 22,000 infiltration wells have been built in Jakarta, based on a development cooperation contract with the private sector. The target is that by the end of 2021 DKI will build 40 thousand infiltration wells.

"It is hoped that around 40,000 points are equivalent to shallow wells, the plan is until this year," said Yusmada.

It is known that the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswesan, had promised to build 1.8 million infiltration wells by 2022. However, due to lack of realization, the target was reduced.

Chairperson of Commission D of the DKI DPRD, Ida Mahcepat, said that the DKI Provincial Government in 2021 had only recently started construction of vertical infiltration or drainage wells. In fact, the construction of infiltration wells has been budgeted in the DKI Regional Budget since the beginning of the year amounting to Rp416 billion.

"This year, the budget is IDR 416 billion and we don't know how effective it will be because the work has just been carried out," said Ida, Tuesday, September 14.

Ida said that the budget for the construction of infiltration wells this year is far more than the budget in 2020 which amounted to IDR 5-7 billion. Meanwhile, last year the target of constructing infiltration wells by 2020 was also not achieved.

Therefore, so that the construction of more infiltration wells this year can be achieved, Ida suggested that the DKI Provincial Government involve private companies to do the work.

"Do they want it? Of course they want it. If the local government asks for it. There is nothing wrong if the company makes several sources of absorption. It's not expensive, especially if it is made by yourself or in collaboration with the community. I believe this is cheap and easy," said Ida.