Video: Heavy Rain and Trash Worsen Severe Flooding in Jabodetabek, What Is the Solution?

Video: Heavy Rain and Trash Worsen Severe Flooding in Jabodetabek, What Is the Solution?

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - The Government of Indonesia, through the Ministry of Public Works, is accelerating the construction of the Ciliwung River dike system to bolster flood control in the Jabodetabek area, particularly where the risk of overflow is high.

Head of the Ciliwung-Cisadane River Basin Organization (BBWS) of the Ministry of Public Works, David Marpaung, said that of the 33.69 km of dikes to be built, only 17.14 km has been completed, leaving 16 km.

The dike work must be completed because when river discharge increases and exceeds the river’s carrying capacity, the flood threat rises. In addition, BBWS Ciliwung-Cisadane is also carrying out several mitigation measures through the Ciliwung diversion (sodetan) operations and other infrastructure to reduce the duration of inundation and flooding.

A number of sedimentation problems in the river, causing narrowing and piling up, have become another issue that worsens Jabodetabek floods. So what solutions are needed to address the Jabodetabek flood problem that has persisted for years?

For full details, watch the dialogue between Dina Gurning and the Head of the Ciliwung-Cisadane BBWS, Ministry of Public Works, David Maropaung on Focus On Infra, CNBC Indonesia, CNBC Indonesia (Wednesday, 25/02/2026).