A torrential rain, which showered the capital since yesterday, leaving puddle on the streets up to 30 cm high, like on Jalan Industri. Besides located in basin area, it is also due to cable excavation project. 

Puddle this time is unusual and receding longer

To minimize puddle, PPSU personnel under Gunung Sahari Utara Urban Village, Sawah Besar Sub-district, Central Jakarta, immediately sent to handling puddle at the location.

Gunung Sahari Utara Urban Village Head, Trisno Mulyono revealed, Jalan Industri is often inundated. But, puddle will quickly recede within 30 minutes. This is due to a routine cleanliness of PPSU. 

"Puddle this time is unusual and receding longer. When being checked, this is due to cable excavation project where it has covered a water conduit there. And now it is still under maintenance," he expressed. 

Trisno asserted has warned the case to the project workers not to do the same thing again, which could lead to puddle.