Dredging Work Targeted to Be Complete in December
Reported by Devi Lusianawati | Translated by Trias Risangayu
City Administration is targeting the dredging work of river, reservoir and water channel all over Jakarta to be complete in the upcoming December.
It has been ongoing but we cannot be sure how many percent, it depends on obstacles in the field
Head of Jakarta Water Management Department, Tri Djoko Sri Margianto said that in early August, the heavy equipment owned by Water Management Department, either from province or region, had been sent to the field. And the step in the next month is by improving officer productivity.
The Dredging of Connecting Channels and River in East Jakarta Continued“It has been ongoing but we cannot be sure how many percent, it depends on obstacles in the field ,” he exclaimed, Monday (8/31).
Margianto cited dredging work in Sunter Utara and Barat Dams. After reducing water debit, the amount of mud beyond the estimate is more than 500 cubics of mud that should be transported.
Another project is in box culvert in front of Trisakti University. After being dredged, its wide reached 2x4 meters that was previously only less than one meter.
“We need extra time to transport the mud, but it does not matter thus our duty has begun to light next month," he told.
