Basuki Has His Own Way to See Problematic River in Jakarta
Reported by Erna Martiyanti | Translated by
Jakarta Governor, Basuki T Purnama acknowledged has his own way to find out the rivers in Jakarta that required to be normalized. One of them is by seeing river that is getting smaller than its original size.
If there is a river only leaving 1.5-3 meters or 5 meters wide plus house. This is problematic
"If there is a river only leaving 1.5-3 meters or 5 meters wide plus house. This is problematic," he stated, at City Hall, Wednesday (8/31).
He disclosed, all this time, house construction on the riverbank is not only kitchen, but also bed room. In city itself, there are three times urgent for normalized, such as Ciliwung, Krukut and Cipinang rivers.
65 Buildings on Buaran Riverbank Demolished"Krukut river is most problematic. On east and south, almost all connecting roads of the river are walled by citizens. The wide is not 20 meters but only leaving 5 meters or even 1.5 meters," he stated.
