The Jakarta council has finally approved an increase of Rp 40 billion (US$ 4.48 million) for an allocation in the draft of next year’s budget, to ramp up efforts to ease flash floods in the northern areas of Jakarta.
The budget will be allocated to build dikes in Marunda, Cilincing, on Jl. RE Martadinata and Kamal Muara and a pumping station in Cilincing, all in North Jakarta.
Council deputy speaker Triwisaksana urged the administration to speed up various flood mitigation projects in anticipation of the rainy season.
“We ask them [the administration] to immediately fix the troubled inundation spots in the city as well as upgrade drainage systems in addition to procuring more portable pumps in 2011,” Triwisaksana was quoted by Jakarta news portal Beritajakarta.com on Wednesday afternoon. He added that other measures, such as new dikes and river dredging, were also necessary.
To finance the projects, the Jakarta administration has allocated Rp 1.76 trillion next year, an increase from Rp 1.36 trillion this year.
The budget will be allocated to build dikes in Marunda, Cilincing, on Jl. RE Martadinata and Kamal Muara and a pumping station in Cilincing, all in North Jakarta.
Council deputy speaker Triwisaksana urged the administration to speed up various flood mitigation projects in anticipation of the rainy season.
“We ask them [the administration] to immediately fix the troubled inundation spots in the city as well as upgrade drainage systems in addition to procuring more portable pumps in 2011,” Triwisaksana was quoted by Jakarta news portal Beritajakarta.com on Wednesday afternoon. He added that other measures, such as new dikes and river dredging, were also necessary.
To finance the projects, the Jakarta administration has allocated Rp 1.76 trillion next year, an increase from Rp 1.36 trillion this year.
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