The Sawah Besar Sub-district Water Resources Executing Unit officers are draining the micro water channel as high as 394 meters length of Jalan D Raya, Central Jakarta.

The draining is done following up the request of people living in RW 01, 02, and 05 to the Mayor of Central Jakarta during last month's gerebek sampah (a kind of communal work)

"The draining is done following up the request of people living in RW 01, 02, and 05 to the Mayor of Central Jakarta during last month's gerebek sampah (a kind of communal work)," said Nanang Gusnadi, Head of Sawah Besar Sub-district Water Resources Executing Unit, Monday (2/12).

He added, around 80 meters of the channel is still being drained from mud as thick as 50 centimeters.

"After this, the mud will be put into sacks to be thrown into Rorotan, North Jakarta. The draining itself has been ongoing since January and is predicted to be completed by the end of March with the condition of closed channel by the plate," he stated.