“It is impossible to rely solely on pumps to move the water. The medium-term solution is that they must be willing to have apartment blocks built, and the former residential area can then be improved,” Anung said on Sunday.
According to the governor, the number of evacuees in Rawa Buaya is the highest compared to other areas in Jakarta. During a visit to evacuation sites for Rawa Buaya residents on Saturday (Jan. 24), he had already offered this solution.
On Sunday, the Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) recorded that 131 families, or 480 people, were staying at evacuation sites. Floodwaters in Rawa Buaya have since receded.
Several areas in West Jakarta were also reported to have been severely affected by flooding, influenced by water flows from upstream areas in Tangerang and South Tangerang through rivers such as the Angke, Pesanggrahan, and Mookervart, which feed into the Cengkareng Drain.
The water level at the Cengkareng Drain has decreased from 350 to 315 centimeters, while the safe threshold is 310 centimeters.
The Jakarta flooding was largely caused by extreme rainfall, averaging 200 millimeters per day and reaching up to 260 millimeters at certain points.
To address the flooding, the Jakarta Provincial Government has deployed 152 stationary pumps, 49 pump houses, 76 mobile pumps, and 60 floating or portable pumps.
Heavy equipment has also been mobilized, including 99 dump trucks, three cranes, six combi jetting units, 59 excavators, one self-loader, and one wheel loader.
Additionally, four pumps have been deployed from the Water Resources Sub-agencies of North Jakarta and Central Jakarta to accelerate flood mitigation efforts.
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