201 RW in Jakarta Categorized as Prone to Flood Area
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Reported by Erna Martiyanti | Translated by Trias Risangayu
Reported by Erna Martiyanti | Translated by Trias Risangayu
Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency
(BPBD) mentioned
201 community units (RW) in Jakarta are prone to flood.
Flood duration reducing year by year. Evenmore, flood now can recede quickly merely takes 6 hours
Head of
Jakarta BPBD, Denny Wahyu Haryanto acknowledged most RW’s are located in West
Jakarta, North Jakarta and East Jakarta. Those RW are located in 57 urban villages,” he said at City Hall, Tuesday (2/1).
Haryanto
showed the number of flood prone areas over past three years have not reduce but
its duration reducing year by year.
“Flood
duration reducing year by year. Evenmore, flood now can recede quickly merely
takes 6 hours,” he expressed.
Furthermore,
this is because Water Management Department along with Infrastructure and
Public Facility Handling (PPSU) officer has prepared several anticipation way
in facing flood.
