Cakung Lama River Normalization, 3,000 Household will Be Relocated Soon
Reported by TP Moan Simanjuntak | Translated by Trias Risangayu
The normalization of Cakung Lama
River, North Jakarta is soon to be carried out. As much as 3,000 affected households
will be relocated.
We’ll execute it optimally after the flat prepared to accomodate the residents
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North Jakarta Mayor, Rustam Effendi
acknowledged initially, Cakung Lama river has 20 meter width by 9.2 kilometers
long until it barely has 1-4 meters width as local residents succeed to
occupy it.
By doing normalization, the river
width become to wider around 30 meters with the details of 7 meters width for
road inspection and 20 meters width of river. For the initial work it merely
done by 6 meters. “We’ll execute it optimally after the flat prepared to
accomodate the residents,” he explained, Monday (9/7).
Meanwhile, the dredging has been ongoing and hoped it could reduce flooding that often hit residential around. “The dredging done at RW 10 Sukapura Urban Village and RW 03 Pegangsaan Dua Urban Village,” he explained.
