Jakartans, Be Aware of Strong Wind in The Next 3 Days
Reported by Andry | Translated by Trias Risangayu
Jakarta Dept. of City Parks and Cemeteries asked the residents to be careful with fallen trees. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) predicts strong wind will hit the area of Jakarta, Bogor, and Depok in the next three days.
Please be aware when crossing the street with trees on its the side. Heavy rain with strong wind could easily subvert the prone to fall trees
"Please be aware when crossing the street with trees on its the side. Heavy rain with strong wind could easily subvert the prone to fall trees," said Nandar Sunandar, head of department, Sunday (4/26).
As the anticipation strategy, his party has assigned related units in 5 areas in capital to prune shady trees in each areas.
Here Are Fallen Tree-Prone Areas in North Jakarta“We urged for every Park Sub-Department to observe more and patrol for 24 hours. If found prone to fall tree then immediately prune it,” he uttered. Whereas, the old tree will be cut down.
According to Nandar, in compliance with the regulation, every one cut down tree will be replaced with 10 trees in other locations.
Presently, there are one million trees spread in greater Jakarta. “300 thousands of them are old or aged over 10 years, as well as 100 thousand are categorized into prone to fall tree,” he disclosed.
