Land acquisition effort for reservoir development keeps being conducted by Jakarta Provincial Government. From 21 reservoir locations, 7 out of them have entered dredging process.

Land acquisition of 21 lands is prioritized this year. If it is done, all will be dredged

"Land acquisition of 21 lands is prioritized this year. If it is done, all will be dredged," said Head of Jakarta Water Management Dept, Teguh Hendrawan, Friday (4/1).

As for data of reservoirs that have been dredged are Brigif from 10 hectares to 1 hectare, Rawa Kendal from 15 hectares to 4 hectare, Marunda from 56 hectares to 11 hectares, Pondok Rwngin III from 3.6 hectares have been dredged completely, Kamal Muara from 4.7 hectares to 4.4 hectares and Kamal Muara from 17 hectares has been dredged completely.

Then there are also Giri Kencana from 6.4 to 4.7 hectares, Rawa Minyak, Pasar Minggu from 3.6 been dredged completely, Embung Kemayoran as wide as 1 hectare still under basic planning, Embung Kelapa Gading with 1 hectare and Setu Cilangkap with 3 hectares are still under acquisition process.

While for Situ Babakan is still under continuation stage less than 3 hectares still under proposal process. Then for some lands on the edge of Ciliwung, Pesanggrahan, Sekretaris, Angke Lama, Sunter, Tegal Alur and Semongol rivers are still in acquisition process.

Furthermore, there are also Lebak Bulus Urban Village reservoir from 3.8 hectares to 1.7 hectares, Embung H Dogol from 1.4 hectares has been dredged completely, Rambutan from 2.6 hectares to 5, 242 square meters, Rambutan 1 from 5 hectares has been under dredging about 3,000 square meters.

For Pondom Ranggon from 11.5 hectares to 5,096 square meters, Pondok Ranggon II from 1.9 to 3,300 square meters and Pinang Ranti with 1.3 hectares has been dredged completely.

"For land acquisition, we have spent Rp 600 billion," he closed.