Jakarta Governor Prepares River Normalisation Programme Amid Prolonged Dry Season

DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung said the regional government will normalise rivers during the extended dry season. “For Jakarta, once again, we will carry out river normalisation when the water discharge is low,” Pramono said after attending a Capacity Building event on Bond Issuance at the Tribrata Hotel & Convention Centre in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, on Tuesday, 21 July 2026.

River normalisation will soon be carried out at several locations that have already been cleared by the Water Resources Agency and the National Land Agency. Pramono said the regional government has also prepared anticipatory measures in the event of a water crisis during the extended dry season. “However, at present Jakarta is not yet experiencing a water crisis,” he said.

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has predicted that the 2026 dry season will be drier and longer than normal conditions due to the El Niño phenomenon, with the peak of the drought estimated to occur between July and September 2026.

So far, the water discharge of the Ciliwung river has declined at several points in Bogor city, West Java, including in the Babakan Pasar and Bendung Katalumpa neighbourhoods.