Indonesia: Jakarta Public Works Agency to Use Emergency Budget for Floods

The Jakarta public works agency has prepared Rp 1 billion (US$110,000) to overcome problems related to floods in Pondok Labu, South Jakarta.

The agency will use the funds to widen and dredge the Krukut river, to build a 9,000 square meter dam and to make a 300-meter-long dike.

The agency’s deputy head Novizal convinced residents on Monday that they should not worry about the program’s implementation. “We have emergency funds for this situation,” he said.

He said that the agency had borrowed three river dredging appliances belonging to the Ciliwung and Cisadane Rivers Control Office. “We plan to widen the river from four meters to six meters,” he said.

For long term flood-mitigation, Novizal said that his agency would build an 11 hectare dam in Cipedak subdistrict which is located near the flood-vulnerable location of Kampung Pulo.

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Dredging Today Staff, December 28, 2011;