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TOP REPORT Cleaning Up During

Transitional Season

Various programs to control floods has been held
by the Provincial Government of Jakarta, namely
Grebek Lumpur (river dredging project), polder
systems and reservoirs development, pump

revitalization and vertical drainages development.

he governor of Jakarta Anies Baswe-
dan responded quickly for the up-
10 T coming rainy season. To anticipate
flooding, he issued a Gubernatorial De-
cree (Ingub) No.52/2020 on The Accelera-
tion of Flood Control System Improvement
during Climate Change Era. Through that
decree, he called on his staffs, start from
the head of subdistricts, head of districts,
the city majors and related working units
(SKPD) to do acceleration and improve-
ment for a more responsive and adaptive
flood control systems. “It’s crucial for us to
be prepared. Early warning and monitor-
ing points to see the water volume that’s
run off to the city must be our priority task,”
said Anies.

Head of Jakarta’s Water Resources Agen-
cy (SDA) Juaini has launched several proj-
ects to anticipate the possible floodings,
such as polder systems development,
pumps revitalization, reservoirs develop-
ment, rivers and drainages naturalization
and also vertical drainages development.
To increase the capacity of the rivers, the
SDA agency has conducted river-dregding
project named Grebek Lumpur in numbers
of river streams in the city. It has began
since March 2020 and targetted to be done
in December 2020. They targetted sever-