Tens of PPSU personnel were deployed to handle inundation while heavy rain falls since morning on Jalan Pluit Karang Utara, Pluit, Penjaringan, North Jakata. The inundation which before as high as 15 centimeters now is receding.

Inundation happened because sacks full of soil hampered the waterways

Pluit Urban Village Head, Yoel Sibarani said, inundation occurred because sacks contained of excavated soil hampered the waterways. 20 PPSU personnel were deployed to make water flows to the channel faster.

"Inundation happened because sacks full of soil hampered the waterways. After we moved the sacks, inundation is receding. We deploy 20 PPSU personnel to handle it," he said, Wednesday (9/27).

From total 20 personnel, 5 of them had a task to find the cause of inundation. 15 others were handled traffic flow because there are many intersections an U-turns in the area.

"Previously, inundation was more severe. It could reach 30 centimenters and took 6 hours to recede. Now, it is fast. It takes about 1 hour to recede," he closed. 

Water channel on the sides of Jalan Pluit Karang Utara have been widened before, from 30 centimeters to 50 centimeters.