As many as 80 joint personnel are seen cleaning the Akon Susukan Connecting Channel (Phb) in RT 06 and 07/RW 05, Susukan Urban Village, Ciracas, East Jakarta, Sunday (11/14).

Moreover, the channel itself is full of garbage and mud

Susukan Urban Village Head, Andri Priwitama Maila said, it was done in order to prevent flooding in the rainy season.

"Moreover, the channel itself is full of garbage and mud," he stated.

Those joint personnel involved were PPSU, Water Resources (SDA) Task Force, Environment Water Agencry UPK Task Force, and locals. They managed to pick up nine cubic meters of mud and then disposed to an empty land belongs to one of residents.

To anticipate flooding maximally, he had proposed the East Jakarta SDA Sub-agency to build an artificial lake on the land.