Gerebek Lumpur is a form of collaboration to overcome flooding in East Jakarta

East Jakarta Vice Mayor, Hendra Hidayat, led the ceremony about Gerebek Lumpur (mud cleanup) action at Munjul Reservoir, Jalan Wijaya Kusuma, RW 04 Munjul, Cipayung, on Monday (10/4) morning.

It was participated by 150 joint personnel of Water Resources (SDA Task Force, Water Agency UPK, Environment (LH) Sub-agency, PPSU, Bina Marga Sub-agency, Transportation Sub-agency, as well as Parks and Urban Forest Sub-agency.

There were also SDA Agency Head, Yusmada Faizal; urban village and sub-district apparatuses, Kodim 0505/JT, Cipayung Sector Police, Cipayung Koramil, and East Jakarta Metro Resort Police.

On that occasion, the Vice Mayor said that the 5.19-hectare reservoir would be dredged with three to five meters width in a bid to stop water overflow in Cipinang Melayu, Setu, CIlangkap, Lubang Buaya and its surrounding areas.

"Gerebek Lumpur is a form of collaboration to overcome flooding in East Jakarta," he stated.

To maximize the work, a number of heavy equipment and dump trucks had been alerted at the location.

"Our focus is to clean up mud and garbage in the reservoir," he closed.