City Prepares Mitigation to Anticipate Extreme Weather Impact
Reported by Dessy Suciati | Translated by Rizky Mawardi
The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency predicted rain will remain pour Jakarta up to May 26, 2025.
The river has been dredged many times
Jakarta Governor, Pramono Anung instructed Jakarta Water Resources Agency Head to prepare anticipation efforts of the extreme weather impacts.
Pramono said that Jakarta Provincial Government always uses data from BMKG and BPBD to anticipate flood.
Mayor Anwar: Repair of Wall on Jalan AUP must Be Accelerated"I already instructed Jakarta Water Resources Agency Head to prepare," he said, Friday (5/23).
Pramono wants flood handling infrastructures such as water pumps to be prepared well. Moreover, Jakarta Provincial Government is dredging the rivers. One of the rivers is Cakung Lama.
"The river has been dredged many times since it is our priority," Pramono added.
Pramono continued that land procurement and Ciliwung River normalization will be run in June.
"Hopefully we can start the land procurement and Ciliwung River dredging in June," he stated.
