East Flood Canal to begin in June

East Flood Canal to begin in June

JAKARTA: City public works head IGKG Suena said on Wednesday
that the 23-kilometer-long East Flood Canal development would
start on the city's 475th anniversary, which will fall on June
22.

The agency has allocated Rp 12 billion for land acquisition
and Rp 10 billion for the excavation work.

Suena said as quoted by BeritaJakarta.com that there were two
options for the project. The first was to start from the north
where a lot of land had already been required, while the second
option was to begin from the south where several rivers could be
intercepted and directed to the Cakung drainage channel. -- JP