REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Jakarta public works office has set up 133 water pumps in anticipation of possible flooding as the rainy season is expected to peak in January 2015.
"All water pumps are made available in water pumping stations located throughout Jakarta. Their condition is good and are functioning well," Agus Priyono, the Jakarta public works office's head, stated here on Wednesday.
Jakarta has a total of 142 water pumps, but nine of them were broken, he revealed.
Jakarta's water pumping stations are located in areas such as Tanjungan, Ancol, Rawabadak, Siantar, Kodamar, South Sunter, North Sunter, East Pluit, West Pluit, Central Pluit, and Pasar Ikan.
North Jakarta alone has 35 water pumps, while Central Jakarta has 14 water pumping stations that accommodate 60 water pumps.
Besides this, the office has also prepared 45 mobile water pumps that could be used whenever floods strike Jakarta.
The Jakarta administration has allocated Rp5 billion in funds to repair the water pumps.
Parts of Jakarta were hit by flash floods originating from Bogor, Jakarta, on Thursday morning (20/11).
Kampung Pulo and Bidara Cina in East Jakarta were submerged in floodwaters reaching a height of up to four meters. Pancoran and Pasar Minggu in South Jakarta were inundated with waters reaching a height of nearly a meter.
The flash floods from Bogor, West Java, forced 17,569 residents of Kampung Pulo, Bidara Cina, and Cawang to evacuate to higher grounds.
They sought refuge in the health office and mosques following floods that reached heights ranging between 30 centimeters and four meters in East Jakarta, he noted.
In South Jakarta, the floods affected some 600 households and forced 268 residents to seek temporary shelter.
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) had earlier warned Jakarta residents of possible flooding that may inundate the city in the third week of January 2015.
"The floods in January 2014 were lighter than in January 2013. We hope it is much lighter in January 2015, but the people must be ready to face the worst," Deputy of BNPB's Emergency Management, Tri Budiarto, remarked on Tuesday.
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