Jakarta – The South Jakarta Metropolitan Authorities reported that cars and truck motorists might have travelled through numerous roadway sections in southern parts of the Indonesian capital city on Sunday morning as the flood water had actually receded.
The Kapten Tendean roadway linking Mampang and Pancoran neighborhoods heading to Prapanca and Kebayoran Baru areas in South Jakarta might have likewise been driven through, South Jakarta Police Chief Sen.Coms.Azis Andriansyah stated.
” Flood waters have actually declined in several areas, and chauffeurs have actually been able to travel through a number of roadway areas, including the Kapten Tendean road,” he said in WhatsApp discussion with local journalists here Sunday.
Before getting receded, the flood water inundated one-kilometer-long area of the Tendean roadway, varying from 50 to 100 centimeters high.
As an outcome, both motorists and chauffeurs could not travel through the roadway area, Andriansyah stated.
According to the Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Firm (BPBD), the severe rains on Saturday inundated 193 neighborhood systems (RT) in Jakarta, and required 1,380 citizens to leave their houses.
In helping citizens significantly affected by the flooding, a joint group of police officers, consisting of those from the South Jakarta authorities precinct, had been dispatched to disaster-hit areas on Saturday.
They performed community services by dispersing essential food bundles and meal boxes to locals taking refuge to momentary shelters.
The National Police likewise released several inflatable boats to assist leave residents whose houses were seriously immersed, he said.
The police officers from South Jakarta Metropolitan Police likewise assisted distribute relief and food products to affected locals, and to a number of public kitchen areas locals established in their areas, he stated.
Over the previous few weeks, the Jakarta provincial administration has been striving to avoid the capital city’s administrative areas from getting flooded during this rainy season by, for example, deploying river soldiers.
As part of the capital city’s flood prevention steps, the Jakarta Water Department’s river troops on February 8 removed 436 cubic meters of garbage from the Manggarai sluice gate, Kampung Melayu Bridge, and the Season City West Flood Canal.
Floods have postured a severe difficulty to Jakarta governors and their administrations over the past few years.
On October 5, 2020, for instance, more than 1,200 citizens of East Jakarta’s Kebon Pala location were affected by flooding after the Ciliwung River overflowed following downpours in Bogor, West Java.
In early 2020, flash floods set off by high-intensity rainfall over a number of days had swamped numerous parts of 17 sub-districts of Jakarta along with numerous other sub-districts in its metropolitan areas, consisting of Bekasi and Bogor.
At least 46 individuals lost their lives in the floods, which likewise compelled 173,064 individuals residing in the Greater Jakarta locations to move to safer ground, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Firm (BNPB).
The Jakarta provincial government has actually continued to make every effort to deal with flooding-related issues.
Head of the Jakarta Development Preparation Board (Bappeda), Nasrudin Djoko Surjono, has earlier revealed that Jakarta’s flood mitigation funds for 2021 would touch Rp4 trillion.
The provincial government is focusing its flood mitigation efforts in 9 locations, including constructing vertical drains, renewing the Ciliwung River in Pasar Baru area, as well as flood analysis and supporting details system, he included.
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