City Gears Up to Anticipate Flooding in 62 Areas
Reported by Erna Martiyanti | Translated by Nugroho Adibrata
Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) recorded there are 62 flood-prone areas spread in five municipalities. To anticipate flood, BPBD and Public Works Department done various ways, including normalizing the rivers and drains filled with mud and trashes.
We made a simulation in accordance to BMKG’s information, like mitigation and structural. We’ve mapped 125 urban villages which predicted would be inundated
Those 62 flood-prone areas are Kapuk Kamal Muara, Kapuk Kamal, Tegal Alur, Kapuk Muara Teluk Gong, Kapuk Kedaung, Cengkareng, Rawa Buaya, Kembangan, Green Garden, Pesing, Kompleks IKPN Bintaro, Pondok Pinang, Cirendeu, Pluit, Krendang Duri Utara, Jati Pinggir, Teluk Betung (Kebon Kacang-HI Roundabout), Pejompongan, Kebalen Mampang Prapatan, and Petogogan.
Besides them, there are also Pondok Karya, Darma Jaya, Pulo Raya, Pinangsia, Mangga Besar, Mangga Dua, Karang Anyar, Pademangan Barat, Pademangan Timur, Pasir River-Kwitang, Bukit Duri (Kebon Baru-Bidara Cina-Kampung Melayu), Pengadegan (GG Arus-Rawa Jati-Kalibata), Sunter Agung, Sunter Jaya, Serdang, Cempaka Putih, Lagoa, Kebon Bawang, Warakas, and Bambu River.
City Analyzes Flood-Prone Areas to Accelerate Flood HandlingThen Papanggo, Rawa Badak (Tugu-Lagoa), Tugu Utara, North Jakarta Mayor Complex, Kelapa Gading, Rawa Bunga, Halim Perdana Kusuma, Kramat Jati, Kampung Rambutan, Tanjung Duren, Sukabumi Utara, Kelapa Dua, Grogol, Jelambar, Duri Kosambi, Meruya, Gunung Sahari, Yon Ang Mor/Semper, Rorotan-Babek Abri, Malaka Selatan-Pondok Kelapa, Cipulir-Cileduk Raya, Tegal Parang, and Duri Kepa.
Head of Jakarta BPBD, Bambang Musyawardana, disclosed that the peak of flooding in Jakarta is predicted to happen on the third week of January 2015. And based on the information from the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), his party has done disaster mitigation.
“We made a simulation in accordance to BMKG’s information, like mitigation and structural. We’ve mapped 125 urban villages which predicted would be inundated,” he stated, Saturday (11/29).
According to Musyawardana, the works units (SKPD) are divided into six sectors in flood mitigation efforts. For structural mitigation, it will be carried out by Public Works Department, Parks and Cemeteries Department, as well as Industry and Energy Department that are going to be assisted by some ministries. While for handling mitigation, it will be managed by BPBD that assisted by Satpol PP, Health Department, Fire and Disaster Handling Department, and stakeholders.
Flood is also predicted to hit at least 634 RWs. For the physical construction to tackle flood, it is still ongoing. In addition, the work of reservoirs normalization and water pumps repair are also continuously done.
“Since the rivers and reservoirs (normalization) is a multiyear (project), it cannot be completed this year and will continuously being done. The pumps (repair) is already 80 percent (completion) and the waterway construction would finish next year. And as for absorption well (construction project) done by the Energy Department, it’s quite good with 3,620 absorption wells,” uttered Musyawardana.
