Various ways to anticipate flood in capital keep being accelerated by Jakarta Water Management Department. One of them is by dredging the East Flood Canal (KBT) sandtrap in Cakung, East Jakarta.

We deepen it into four meters

A ​​300x500 meters pond in KBT is function to hold the mud flowing into the estuary. In the past year, almost all parts of the pool was filled with mud carried by the canal flow.

Head of Unit Equipment and Supplies (Alkal) for Jakarta Water Management Department, Aris Komaris Nandika stated that his side deployed five heavy equipments consist of two units long arm excavator, two amphibious excavator units and one dragger unit.

"The work has been carried out since two weeks ago," he said, Tuesday (8/18).

"We predict the work will be completed in October. We deepen it into four meters ," he disclosed.