Jakarta Governor, Basuki “Ahok” T Purnama instructed the Inspectorate and Regional Development Planning Board (Bappeda) to audit the fuel use for flood-control pump genset. This is because he often received misuse fuel reports.

As a matter of fact, many pumps in midstream have no genset

As the case of the fuel purchase for midstream genset of Jakarta Water Management Sub-Department in 2016 City Budget (APBD)'s priorities and preliminary thresholds (KUA PPAS), around 209,500 liters of solar is proposed. Ahok assessed, it does not make sense. This is because whole pump installed at midstream already has electricity.

He cited the whole 17 genset pumps that operate for 24 hours pwr day will need 244,800 liters of solar in case of power blackout from PLN.

“As a matter of fact, many pumps in midstream have no genset,” he asserted in the executive meeting, Friday (11/20) evening.

From that calculation, he added, every day, the genset use is less than 10 hours. If it is turned on for warming power, it will not spend 20 liters per genset. 

"How come the genset operates 10 hours everyday? I have complaints that saying theft action happens here, it must be audited soon,” he asserted.