Ciliwung River Sodetan Is Considered Only To Dispose Of Budget, Many Residents' Houses In East Jakarta Are Still Flooded

Floods in the Jatinegara area/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - Hundreds of flood-prone residents in densely populated areas of Kebon Pala, Jatinegara District, East Jakarta, are disappointed with the useless Ciliwung river sodetan project to reduce flooding in their area. Sodetan Kali Ciliwung programmed by the government has not had the slightest impact on preventing or minimizing floods. Sodetan Ciliwung is considered to have wasted budgets because it has no impact on residents. "(Ciliwung river method) It doesn't seem to work yet," said the head of RT 13/04 Kebon Pala, Sanusi to reporters, Thursday, November 30, morning. Even the flood inundation that hit the Kebon Pala area, Jatinegara District, East Jakarta reached an altitude of 165 cm. "The evidence is that the water is still high (flood)," he said. Previously, Acting Head of the Water Resources Service Ika Ningrum emphasized that the Ciliwung Sodetan could not eliminate flooding in the Ciliwung Riverbank area. "It is not misinterpreted that the Ciliwung Sodetan, Jakarta is Flood-free. The inundance does not mean to eliminate flooding. The inundation will still exist, especially the Bantaran times," said the dredging of the Ciliwung River on the flows in Kebon Baru Village and Bidara Cina Village, Friday, November 10. Ika said that the Sodetan Ciliwung which breaks the volume of water in the flow of the Ciliwung River to the East Canal Flood (BKT) only serves to reduce the height of inundation and the duration of the flood time. The high reduction of inundation from the operation of the Ciliwung Sodetan is still only located in Bidara Cina, Kebon Baru, Bukit Duri, Kampung Melayu, Manggrai, and Kebon Manggis. "Don't its expectations with sodetan are flood-free, let alone Ciliwung River. Ciliwung. This pathway (flowway) from Bogor, Depok, all flows from Ciliwung River to sea," said Ika.