12 Fallen and Broken Trees in East Jakarta Completely Removed
Reported by Nurito | Translated by Rizky Mawardi
The Green Troop personnel of East Jakarta City Parks and Forestry Sub-agency successfully evacuated 12 fallen and broken trees in a number of locations.
a tree fell on a resident's house and public facilities
Head Section of Green Line and Cemetery of the Sub-agency, Made Widhi Adnyana Surya Pratita said the tree fell occurred yesterday afternoon when heavy rain hit.
10 Trees Prone to Falling in North Utan Kayu Pruned"Since yesterday until early this morning we have been dealing with it directly because a tree fell on a resident's house and public facilities," he said, Wednesday (4/15).
Made explained that an angsana tree with a diameter of 35 centimeters on Jalan Karya Bakti, DPRD Lot, Cibubur Urban Village, fell on an electric cable and a resident's house.
Then, a 40-cm-diameter kondang tree fell on Jalan Bunga in Palmeriam Urban Village, hitting two houses. Additionally, two sengon trees, each 50 centimeters in diameter, and one abri tree, each 40 centimeters in diameter, fell in the Taman Bambu area of Bambu Apus Urban Village.
"A 40-cm-diameter rain tree was also reported to have fallen in the PT Transjakarta area in Kebon Pala Urban Village. Meanwhile, a 60-cm-diameter kedondong tree fell on Jalan MT Haryono, right next to the Signature Apartments in Cawang Urban Village," he added.
He added that the splintered tree category was recorded in several locations, including the petai cina tree on Jalan Perintis Kemerdekaan, Kayu Putih Urban Village; the saga tree on Jalan Delima Raya; and the johar tree on Jalan Terminal Kampung Rambutan, Rambutan Urban Village.
"There's also a splintered angsana tree on Jalan Otista Raya in Bidaracina Urban Village. There's also a splintered glodogan tree on Jalan DI Pandjaitan in Kebon Pala Urban Village," he continued.
Head of Palmeriam Urban Village, Setiawan stated handling of the fallen tree that hit two houses in RT 07/09 involved 25 joint personnel from PPSU officers, the Fire and Rescue Sub-agency, BPBD, Satlinmas, and Satpol PP.
"The handling was ongoing until 12:30 AM. There were no fatalities or injuries. The tree was old and dry," he stated.
