Jakarta – The Jakarta provincial federal government has offered 100 unique camping tents for citizens displaced by flooding and testing positive for the novel coronavirus illness.
” If there are locals taking haven in short-term shelters, they are being provided with special tents equipped with spaces,” Jakarta Guv Anies Baswedan said throughout a webinar arranged by the Indonesian Cyber Neighborhood Network here on Monday.
He then advised Jakartans to continue practicing the government’s health protocols, such as wearing face masks, washing hands, and preserving physical distancing at all times.
” The point is that please decrease mobility and direct interaction,” he stated.
On the other hand, the Jakarta Catastrophe Mitigation Firm (BPBD) reported that the heavy rains in the capital city has actually caused numerous areas in East Jakarta and South Jakarta getting flooded by floodwaters.
At least 42 neighborhood systems (RW) and 150 neighborhood units (RT) have been impacted by the flooding, while the total variety of community units in Jakarta has been taped at 30,470, according to the BPBD.
On Monday early morning, owing to the overruning of the Ciliwung River, the Gunung Sahari Raya road section in Pademangan sub-district, North Jakarta, was immersed by floodwaters measuring 15 centimeters in height so drivers and cars and truck chauffeurs could still cross the roadway.
Head of Pademangan sub-district’s Water Resources System, Slamet Riyanto, said his guys had actually been deployed considering that morning to pump out standing water and avoid Ciliwung River from overruning by installing 500 sand bags.
As part of the capital city’s flood avoidance procedures, the Jakarta Water Department’s river soldiers on Monday got rid of 436 cubic meters of trash from the Manggarai sluice gate, Kampung Melayu Bridge, and the Season City West Flood Canal.
” Some 260 cubic meters of garbage was gathered from the Manggarai sluice gate in Menteng sub-district, Central Jakarta,” said Efron Firdaus, a member of the Jakarta Water Department’s Rainy Season Job Force, here on Monday.
About 144 cubic meters of trash was collected from the Season City West Flood Canal in Tambora, West Jakarta, and 32 cubic meters of garbage was gathered from the Kampung Melayu Bridge in East Jakarta, he added.
The trash that was stuck at the Kampung Melayu Bridge in Jatinegara sub-district was carried away by the Ciliwung River’s currents, he said adding, most of the trash collected consisted of branches, plants, and home waste. (INE)
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