Three Rain Garden Built in East Jakarta

The construction of rain garden in three locations in East Jakarta is almost complete. R ain Garden is a garden with plants that designed to collect rainwater runoff. Next week, the excavated areas for rain garden are targeted to be planted with various plants.

Each sub-district is targeted to have rain garden

East Jakarta City Park and Forestry Sub-agency's Greenbelt and Cemetery Section Head, Atang Setiawan mentioned, rain garden is built on Jl. Soemarno, in front of Pulogebang SPBG or next to East Jakarta Mayor Office Transjakarta bus stop; on Jl. DI Panjaitan, in the opposite of Halim Perdanakusuma Pump House; and on Jl. Basuki Rahmat, in front of Gembrong Market Gas Station.

"The progress of rain garden located on Jl. Soemarno has touched 80 percent. While on Jl. DI Panjaitan and Jl. Basuki Rahmat has touched 50 percent," he said, Friday (11/5).

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In order to build rain garden, his side dig vacant land with depth 1-1.5 meters. At the bottom part, he put sand and gravel stones. Then layer it with soil and various plants are planted on it, such as lemongrass, begonia, jasmine, and cogongrass.

"After building rain garden in those three locations, we will move to another locations. Each sub-district is targeted to have rain garden," he stated.

According to him, rain garden in each location has different length and depth. For example, on Jl. Soemarno, it has length 16 meters and depth 1.5 meters. While on Jl. Basuki Rahmat, it has length 34 meters with depth 1 meter and on Jl. Panjaitan it has length 34 meters and depth 1.3 meters.

"On Jl. Basuki Rahmat and Jl. DI Panjaitan, eight personnel are currently digging the area. While for rain garden on Jl. Soemarno, we will start planting the plants next week," he explained.