S. Jakarta SDA Runs Flood Handling and Prevention
Reported by Tiyo Surya Sakti | Translated by Rizky Mawardi
South Jakarta Water Resource Sub-agency (SDA) runs flood handling and prevention.
with 586 flood handling personnel
Sub-agency's head, Santo, said many works have been implemented such as channel revitalization up to micro and macro channel dredging.
Flood Handling must Be Optimal, Munjirin Says"We have 1,039 PJLPs in total with 586 flood handling personnel spread at 10 sub-districts. Also we have 291 pump personnel," he said, Thursday (1/11).
He added that those personnel are also equipped with 86 trucks, 58 heavy equipment, and 116 stationary pumps.
"We also deploy 50 mobile pumps. Those pumps are 13 truck mobile pumps, 12 portable pumps, and 25 floating pumps," he added.
His agency also prepares 500 sandbags in each sub-district. While in Sub-agency level, there are also 2,000 sandbags, 2,000 cubic meters of river stone, 1,500 pieces of gabion wire, and 2,000 dolken woods.
"Those materials are prepared for emergency situation such as landslide and so on," he closed.
