City to get new floodgates

City to get new floodgates

JAKARTA: The central government plans to build two new
floodgates in Jakarta to control the flow of the Ciliwung-
Cisadane River running through the capital and often blamed for
annual flooding, an official said on Thursday.

The director general for water resources at the Ministry of
Resettlement and Regional Infrastructure, Mochamad Basuki
Hadimoeljono, said the construction of the two floodgates in
Ciawi and Genteng would begin next year.

"The floodgates will be able to temporarily hold back the
flooding, because it is still impossible to free Jakarta from
flooding," he said as quoted by Tempo News Room. He added that
the project was expected to be completed within two years.

Basuki said existing floodgates and the two new ones would
only complement the West Flood Canal and the East Flood Canal,
which are now under construction. -- JP