City suffers Rp 400b in losses

City suffers Rp 400b in losses

Ahmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

The city administration estimated on Friday that it has
suffered as much as Rp 400 billion (US$40 million) in losses due
damages to public facilities caused by the recent flooding.

Deputy Governor for Development Affairs Budhihardjo Sukmadi
announced that the destruction took place on roads, school
buildings, and three traditional markets, including Cipulir
market in South Jakarta.

"We hope that we could repair the damages, so that situation
will return to normal within the next two months," Budhihardjo
told reporters at City Hall.

To repair the damaged roads alone, the City Public Works
Agency will need Rp 187 billion.

The agency head IGKG Suena said that some Rp 80 billion has
been allocated this year for the budget, while the remaining Rp
107 billion was expected to be taken from the city's emergency
fund, which amounted to Rp 505 billion.

Separately, City Social Agency head Endang W. Dungga said that
her agency needed Rp 16 billion with which to repair a social
rehabilitation center and two nursery homes, which had been
destroyed by the flood.

Endang said that Rp 1 billion would be used to renovate the
center in Kedoya, and another Rp 300 million to rehabilitate a
nursery home in Jelambar, all in West Jakarta.

The balance, about Rp 14.7 billion, would be needed to build a
new nursery home to replace the one in Kramatjati, East Jakarta,
which was completely damaged during the flood.

Two elderly people died last week after suffering from cold
weather during flooding in their nursery home, where the water
level was three meters high.

As many as 179 elderly people have been evacuated and placed
in another nursery home in Tebet, South Jakarta.