Govt renovates Bekasi sluice

Govt renovates Bekasi sluice

BEKASI: The administration has started the renovation of the
crucial Kali Bekasi sluice gates in a last second bid to mitigate
flooding in Jakarta, an official said on Wednesday.

Technical assistance for the Citarum Water Control Project,
Subady, said that one of the three gates, which also regulates
the amount of water that flows through much of Jakarta was
severely corroded and no longer working well.

"If the water volume and flow increase during the rainy
season, I'm sure the gates will collapse and completely inundate
several Bekasi districts and much of Jakarta," he was quoted as
saying by Tempointeraktif.com.

The project to modernize the sluice gate may be finished by
the end of this month and cost the central government a total of
Rp 10 billion (US$1.1 million). -- JP