Residents Ask Pesanggrahan River Normalization Accelerated
Reported by Rio Sandiputra | Translated by Isa Efriadi
The flood, that often inundates their residential area, starts to make the residents living in Pondok Pinang and Bintaro urban villages, South Jakarta, bored. Because of it, they urge Jakarta Provincial Government to immediately finish the normalization of Pesanggrahan River which allegedly causing the flood in their settlements.
Yes, the settlements are often flooded. See that, the riverside is almost equal. If the river water increased a meter, the settlements are definitely inundated
Sartono, a resident of RT 07/05 Bintaro, said the flood that often inundates those two urban villages is because the riverbank’s height is almost equal with the settlements.
Pesanggrahan Puskemas Medicine Warehouse Becomes Scavenger Shanties“Yes, the settlements are often flooded. See that, the riverside is almost equal. If the river water increased a meter, the settlements are definitely inundated,” he told, Friday (5/16).
Head of Pondok Pinang Urban Village, Iwan S, admitted that for RW 01, 05, 08, and 11 are still being inventoried.
“The (Pesanggrahan River normalization) works are still in RW 04, 09, and 12. For the RWs which were flooded yesterday, the work is still in inventory phase,” he stated.
In addition, Iwan explained that high local rain intensity will cause the urban village inundated. However, the inundation recedes fast.
