Gendong River Needs Dredging
Reported by Suriaman Panjaitan | Translated by Cintya Meliza
Residents of RT 05/04, Cilincing Urban Village, North Jakarta, are complaining about Gendong River condition which is shallowing and full of trash.
It's already rainy season. If the river is not being dredged, the water woud be overflowing to the residential
According to Nurdin (51), one of the locals, even though the river had been shallowing for a long time, but there is still no dredging by the related unit.
West Flood Canal in Tanah Abang Shallowing
"It's already rainy season. If the river is not being dredged, the water would be overflowing to the residential," he complained, Monday (11/16).
He told the residential had been flooded up to 1 meter in January ago, when the peak of rainy season in the capital.
Cilincing Urban Village Head, Yoddi Santoso confirmed about such condition. According to him, he has reported it to Head of Cleanliness Section for Cilincing Sub-District.
"The matter had been reported during coordination meeting. If it's not responded yet, please ask the related side," he asserted.
