Kali Sudot Kampung Sumur Klender, Your History Now

The condition of the river straw in Klender, Duren Sawit, DKI Jakarta. (Photo via Antara)

JAKARTA - The drain project in Sumur Village RT 02/RW 17 Klender Village, Duren Sawit District, East Jakarta, was predicted to be a flood prevention. However, now his fate is tragic.

This project started in 2005. Currently, the work is neglected and used as a waste disposal site by local residents.

Based on Antara's observation, piles of garbage filled the drain area of the Kampung Sumur river, ranging from household waste, wood, building debris to sacks filled with sand.

Not only that, wild plants and chicken coops also stand in the middle of the river drain area which has a depth of seven meters.

The garbage accumulates until it extends about 200 meters in the drain.

One of the residents, Sobur (60) in Jakarta, Thursday, said that the drain project had indeed stalled (not been taken care of or maintained) since 2005.

"The plan is to make a drain from Klender Village, but instead it stalled, the residents themselves will regret that this is stalled," he said, as quoted by Antara, Thursday, June 1.

Until now, he continued, there has been no ranks of the East Jakarta City Government (Pemkot) and the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government (Pemprov) to follow up on the project.

In fact, since the project plan was implemented, many officers have visited the location.

"From the beginning, there have been many people who control it, there have been many kinds of things from anywhere, there are a lot of them, but it's still like this," he said.

Sobur said, if the sodetan project will continue to be implemented, it is hoped that the city government will install barriers along the drain flow.

"The depth of the drain reaches 7 meters and will be dangerous for residents if there are no barriers on the outskirts of the river," said Sobur.

Untuk mengantisipasi adanya warga yang terendok, warga mengumuk sodetan itu dengan ratusan bangunan dan waste rumah tangga.

Sobur explained that the stalled sodetan was because the government had not been able to completely acquire the land needed and was constrained by the acquisition of the burial land which was waqf land.

"But if, for example, I just want to ask if it is able to free up the land for the tomb. If it can be acquired, this is a burial ground, please, because this tomb is all dedengkot here," he said.

Meanwhile, the Klender Village has not been able to provide confirmation regarding the drain project for the Kampung Sumur river and hand it over to the East Jakarta Water Resources (SDA) Sub-dept.