Jakarta Flooded, Anies Urges His Staffs to Help the Community
Reported by Rezki Apriliya Iskandar | Translated by Nugroho Adibrata
As reported earlier, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) warned that heavy rain would continue in Greater Jakarta throughout Tuesday (2/25) early morning.
May Allah give the ease and give a blessing to all our efforts in tackling this situation
According to them, until Tuesday at 7 AM, station areas with extreme rainfall (> 150 mm/day) were increasing in seven stations, namely Kemayoran Meteorological Station (278 mm/day), Pulo Gadung Sluice Gate (260 mm/day), Pulomas (245 mm/day), Manggarai (209 mm/day), Halim Pk (205 mm/day), Sunter Timur I Kodamar (165 mm/day), Setiabudi Timur (150 mm/day).
Seeing this, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan urged all staffs to help in handling floods and the citizens in the field.
Thousands SDA Personnel Deployed to Handle Inundation"Evacuation must be planned well, including refugee camp. We provide our office buildings as a place of refuge. We also try to help for smoothing traffic, the mobility of citizens in the street and evacuate public transportation," he expressed, as quoted by Jakarta PPID's press release.
He also stressed that citizens could always get update information continuously.
"The most important thing is the security, safety and health of the mother/father, all work to help the citizens. May Allah give the ease and give a blessing to all our efforts in tackling this situation. Amen," he stated.
Aside that, the Jakarta Provincial Government also reminded the entire community to always be aware of the dangers of electricity and fallen trees in extreme rain conditions, as well as take care of themselves, either those who are at home or on the streets. Considering the BMKG predicted that Jakarta and its surrounding areas were still facing moderate to heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds.
In medical emergencies, fires, security problems, disasters, accidents and other emergency conditions, the public could also contact the BPBD through the Jakarta Siaga Emergency Service Single at number 112, who is on standby 24 hours, seven days a week.
