Water Channel on Jalan Karang Anyar Normalized
Reported by Jhon Syah Putra Kaban | Translated by Trias Risangayu
Normalization work towards water water channel along Jalan Karang Anyar,
Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta conducted. The channel malfunctioned is due to sediment
and trash been piled up for ages.
We'll add more heavy equipment to expedite the wor k considering rainy season is about to coming
Relaying on Beritajakarta.com's observation, one heavy equipment has been sent to unload the channel. The
Infrastrucuture and Public Facility Handling (PPSU) officers conducted manual
dismantling to clean it.
Central Jakarta Mayor, Mangara Pardede said the current study is
also being carried out to let vehicles passing by on that road and suppress
street vendors (PKL) number which still rampant
at night.
"From the residents’ complaint revealed that street vendor often operate at 1 AM thus the place looks dirty and slum," he told, Sunday (11/1).
After the improvement, it is expected all channels around
residential area would be free from flooding. "We'll add more heavy equipment to expedite the work considering rainy season is about to coming,"
he expessed.
Sawah Besar Sub-District Head,
Martua Sitorus stated 154 joint personnel are deployed to the field. They are Youth
Group (Karang Taruna), PPSU officers, Cleanliness Freelancer (PHL) and local
residents involved the cleaning.
"We’ll fix this, thus floo can be minimized in future,"
he finished.
