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I made as one of the blue troops,” he re- stationer pumps functions to drain the wa-
vealed. ter which inundated the area. The water
will be sucked through portable pump and
Gefari, one of the SDA employee in Ke- stored to the rivers.
bon Baru also one of those people who
work persistently to take care of the city The hard work of the blue troops has been
from flood risk. He’s in charged to close the appreciated by many. Abdul Haris (56),
sluice gates, gives alarms of flood risk and one of the residents at North Utan Kayu,
using stationer pumps for the community Matraman, East Jakarta, admitted that he
in Kebon Baru RW 01, Tebet, South Jakarta. was happy for the clean sewers around his
“We have to be ready in rainy season, so neighborhood. “The flow gets smooth. If it’s
the water won’t inundate the road,” he ex- smooth, the flood wont happen,” he said.
plained. He hoped that the area would be free from
the flood risk since the sewers are getting
Gefari still remembers the flooding hap- cleaned up regularly. “Yes, I hope that there
pened in early 2020. On that moment, the will be no more flood,” said Abdul.
waterflood exceeded two meter high in
the area, making it the third worst flood- Rita (60), one of the residents at South
ing he’d been facing since getting on the Petukangan, South Jakarta also hoped the
job. “The debit of water in Manggarai sluice same thing. She often sees the blue troops
gate exceeded to 965 cm. If the water lev- cleaning up the streets. She hoped dur-
el risen too high, we couldn’t use the pump ing the rainy season, there will be no more
anymore,” he said. puddles on the road. “I hope there will be
no more puddles,” she ended.
He then explained that the portable and has
