Positions Of Houses Under Baswedan Embankments And Flood Langganan, Jatipadang Pasrah Residents Relocation

Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono and Mayor of South Jakarta Administration visited the Kali Pulo area, Jatipadang, Pasar Minggu/ANTARA

JAKARTA - Residents of RW 06 Jati Padang Village, Jakarta admitted that they were ready to be relocated. Their settlements are often flooded. The land surfaces in their houses are also under the Baswedan Embankment. This was revealed when the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono and the ranks of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government and the Chairman of the DKI Jakarta DPRD Prasetyo Edi Marsudi reviewed the condition of the house near the Pulo River. The head of RW 06 Jati Padang, Arif Syarifudin, stated that his residents no longer want to face floods that submerge with water levels reaching the chests of the adults. "If they don't move, it will be dangerous because the house is now blocked by the Baswedan Embankment. So, the danger is right on the right side of the river, if the flood is the worst. So, they surrender, like it or not, they have to move," Arif told reporters, Wednesday, October 19. Arif explained, there are 15 RTs affected by the flood and will be relocated, namely RT 01, RT 09, RT 03, RT 11, RT 04, RT 14, RT 06, RT 13, RT 12, RT 07, and RT 08. Temporary data collection, at least some residents in 3 RT who said they were ready to be relocated. He continued, the plan is that the residents of Jati Padang will be recollied to Gandul Village, Cinere, Depok. Although they want to be relocated, there are also residents who want to get profit compensation costs. What is clear, they are willing to move for the sake of normalizing the Pulo River. "My hope is that as a mouthpiece from residents, it will be normalized immediately because they are ready and willing, because many of their houses have also cracked, if they are too late, they will endanger and have new problems," said Arif.