E. Jakarta forms seven task forces to monitor floods<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The East Jakarta mayoralty has set up seven task
\nforce teams involving 140 people and installed new early warning
\nsystems at seven subdistricts which are vulnerable to flooding.<\/p>\n
\"Each task force consists of 20 people who are in charge of
\nmonitoring flood levels in the subdistricts of Balekambang,
\nCawang, Bidara Cina, Kampung Melayu, Cipinang Besar, Cipinang
\nMuara and Pulo Gadung,\" Mayor Sudarsono said yesterday.<\/p>\n
He said the task force teams plan to use loudspeakers and
\nsirens installed near the Ciliwung, Cipinang and Kali Sunter
\nriverbanks to inform nearby residents of imminent flooding. \"This
\nwill give them ample time to take precautionary measures.\"<\/p>\n
East Jakarta is the biggest mayoralty in the city where the
\nthree rivers -- Ciliwung, Cipinang and Sunter -- pass through.
\nTheir water levels frequently rise, causing the rivers to
\noverflow into housing areas along the riverbanks.<\/p>\n
Besides the above seven subdistricts, East Jakarta also has
\neight other lower areas which are prone to inundation, such as
\nsubdistricts of Rambutan, Kampung Makassar, Kebon Pala, Halim,
\nKebon Nanas, Rawamangun, Pulomas and Perintis Kemerdekaan.<\/p>\n
Sudarsono said he has also provided dozens of rubber dinghies
\nto evacuate people who may be trapped by flooding.<\/p>\n
\"As the rainy season is approaching, we will soon intensify
\nour preparations to anticipate possible flooding and will conduct
\nthe Apel Siaga Banjir ceremony at Urip Sumohardjo field in
\nJatinegara next Monday,\" said Sudarsono.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the chief of the mayoralty public works office,
\nAmin Tjakraamidjaja, told The Jakarta Post last week he has
\ninstalled dozens of plastic sacks of sand to prevent floodwater
\nfrom inundating residential areas.<\/p>\n
Amin said his subordinates had cleaned drainage ditches of
\nrubbish a few months ago to ease water flow into the existing
\nrivers.<\/p>\n
He said the practice of dumping garbage into the river and
\ndrainage ditches, which triggers inundation, has become part of
\nthe culture of many people. \"This practice should be banished
\nonce and for all.\"<\/p>\n
Amin said a two-hectare dam built by the Ciliwung-Cisadane
\nriver basin project in Cipinang Besar Selatan could also serve to
\nease the intensity of flooding.<\/p>\n
\"Currently, the dam can hold 45,000 cubic meters of water that
\nmay flow from the Cipinang and Sunter rivers during the coming
\nfloods,\" he said. (kod)<\/p>",
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