Yogyakarta Giwangan Convexity Can Be USED For Activity, People Need Permits To Cultural Park Managers

Photo: Doc. Antara/Yogyakarta City Government

YOGYAKARTA - Embung Giwangan, which is planned to be developed as a Smart Park 2 or Yogyakarta Cultural Park, can be used by the community for various activities. However, the construction has not been completed 100 percent and has not been officially opened.

"It can be used, as long as there is a notification to us so that at least its utilization can be monitored," said Head of the Yogyakarta Cultural Park Management Technical Implementation Unit Retno Yuliani, quoted by Antara, Sunday, October 23.

According to him, the construction of the Yogyakarta Cultural Park at the Embung Giwangan location was indeed carried out in stages because it needed a large enough budget so that physical development was carried out according to budget capacity.

In the 2022 fiscal year, there is not even an additional physical development carried out in Embung Giwangan so that the facilities in the reservoir are still the same as the previous year, namely reservoirs, jogging tracks, toilets, prayer rooms, and lighting.

"Actually, people can also take advantage of it on weekends. For example for light exercise or gymnastics to community activities. However, it is better to notify first," he said.

The use of Embung Giwangan for community activities has not been charged, but activity organizers are still asked to pay attention to the cleanliness and safety of reservoirs during the event.

Until now, the physical realization of the development of the Cultural Park in Embung Giwangan has only been achieved at around 30 percent.

In the 2023 fiscal year, Retno said, he plans to continue physical development in Embung Giwangan, namely an open stage for art and cultural performance activities as well as markers using privileged funds.

"The plan is that in 2023 and 2024 further development will be carried out with privileged funds. However, we are still waiting for the certainty of the budget value to be allocated," he said.

As for the maintenance of reservoirs, it is budgeted through the Yogyakarta City Budget.

"This Giwangan bubble was built for water conservation needs as well as a lever for the development of the southern part of Yogyakarta," he said.

Embung Giwangan was built by the Serayu Opak River Basin Center (BBWSO) in 2019 on land owned by the Yogyakarta City Government located on Jalan Tegaluri. The convex has the capacity to accommodate about 9,210 cubic meters of water.