Jakarta Governor, Basuki T. Purnama admitted to normalize Krukut river. The river width is already decreasing from 60 cm to 5-15 cm.

Krukut river is often overflowing because of no normalization

“Krukut river is often overflowing because of no normalization,” he said, Thursday (4/21).

Basuki is still waiting for flat availability before running normalization project. It is because local residents will be relocated to flat.

River overflowing, he added, can not be avoided since rain pours together with tidal wave. It means water pumps can not work maximally.

“I already told before, if rain pours together with tidal wave Jakarta will be flooded,” he added.

As for the anticipation, his side will construct sea wall in order to block tidal wave inundating land.