347 Joint Personnel Attended in Ceremony for Flood Readiness

As many as 347 joint personnel, held a joint ceremony on the yard of parking lot at Jatinegara Wholesale, East Jakarta, Tuesday (2/16). It is to re-ensure readiness of them in flooding handling.

We do the ceremony because the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts rainfall will be quite high in two weeks ahead

“We do the ceremony because the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts rainfall will be quite high in two weeks ahead,” said Deputy Mayor of East Jakarta, Husein Murad.

According to him, coordination among institutions should be improved. Especially in term of information delivery, it should be faster. Thus handling is also faster. "For instance, like fallen trees must be reported quickly to the related units for quick to handle," he said.

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The ceremony was attended by various elements. Among them are Satpol PP, Fire Handling Rescue Sub-dept, Transportation Sub-dept, Social Sub-dept, Health Sub-dept, Water Management Sub-det and so on. There were also resort police, military district command (Kodim), city police mobile brigade (Brimob), military police (Pomdam Jaya), etc.