Bekasi's drainage system

Bekasi's drainage system

From Bisnis Indonesia

In the past, floods caused by heavy rains only inundated the BTN housing complex in Bekasi, a dormitory town 20 kilometers east of Jakarta. Now floods also invade other housing complexes.

In housing complexes with a relatively low location, flood waters can reach a height of more than a half meter. Apparently Bekasi's regional administration issued building permits without considering a drainage system.

The burgeoning of new housing complexes in Bekasi has gradually reduced water catchments so that rainwater which used to be absorbed by the land now stays on the surface.

An example of a non-functioning drainage system runs alongside Jl. Jatiluhur in the direction of the Perumnas state housing complex. The width of the drain has gradually diminished and now the water ceases to flow before it reaches the big river that it is supposed to flow into.

Another consequence of bad drainage is the stagnant water where mosquitoes can breed, sometimes dengue fever carrying mosquitoes.

If there is no improvement in Bekasi's drainage system, the number of houses menaced by floods will increase. Who is actually responsible for this situation? The Regional Administration of Bekasi or the Ministry of Public Works?

SURYANTO WIBOWO

Bekasi