Get Ready For Jakartans, Estimated Peak Rain And Potential Rob January-February 2022

A child descends the stairs of his house which was flooded by tidal waves in the Muara Baru area, Penjaringan, North Jakarta. BETWEEN PHOTOS/Indrianto Eko Suwarso/wsj.

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) predicts the peak of the rainy season and the potential for rob in the capital city in the period from January to February 2021.

"In anticipating inundation or flooding, it is necessary to prepare resources in DKI Jakarta," said the Acting Head of DKI Jakarta BPBD, Sabdo Kurnianto, at a preparedness meeting at the Monas Cross Field, reported by Antara, Wednesday, October 13.

He explained that based on information from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) for the period September to November 2021, there is the potential for extreme weather, namely heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds.

Meanwhile, regarding the mobilization of potential resources in Jakarta to anticipate the peak of the rainy season, around 60 thousand to 70 thousand personnel have been alerted, including community involvement and volunteers, said Sabdo.

He also asked the public to always be prepared for the peak of the rainy season. Meanwhile, from the side of the local government, a preparedness meeting for the rainy season was held. The rally was attended by 1,458 people consisting of the TNI and Polri as many as 280 people, DKI Regional Apparatus Organizations (OPD) as many as 610 people, business institutions, disaster management volunteers and the media as many as 568 person.

In addition, his party also deployed a number of equipment including 111 units of operational cars, 45 units of operational motors, 108 units of boats, 16 units of tents, and six units of heavy equipment.

Previously, DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said the capital city had three threats during the peak of the rainy season, namely tidal waves on the north coast, water flow from 13 rivers, and heavy rain in the city.

The DKI Provincial Government has also intensified activities to overcome the impact of the rainy season, including raiding mud in rivers and reservoirs since March 24, 2021 for the East Jakarta area, and continuing in four other city areas in stages from September 2021 to December 2021.

Mud raids are held to lift mud and garbage in the river so as to increase the capacity of rainwater flow.

The DKI Provincial Government will add extra pumps and deploy all pumps, both mobile and fire-fighting pumps to anticipate tidal waves in North Jakarta.

Anies added that DKI also added rain gauges from initially only available in 10 urban villages to 267 urban villages in the capital city to anticipate the impact of the rainy season.