No More Floods? Doubtful!

EVERYBODY knows that flooding in Jakarta cannot be solved by the provincial government alone. It can only be solved if the central and provincial government work together. President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo has set deadlines for the completion of a number of flood-control programs, and has moved up the finishing date for the Rp492.8 billion-Ciliwung canal project, which will connect the Ciliwung river with the East Flood Canal. "It was planned to be completed in December, but I have requested it to be finished by October this year," Jokowi said on an unannounced visit to the canal in Kebon Nanas, East Jakarta.

A number of projects have been accelerated in a race against the rainy-season downpours, including river dredging, drainage-system repairs, and finishing the Rp1 trillion-plus dam construction projects in Bogor, West Java. Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as Ahok, has cautioned against turning Jakarta into a 'sink'. "The water in this sink must be pumped out (into the ocean)," he said.

February 24, 2015

Tempo.co

Can Ahok once and for all solve the flood problem?
Yes
	(56.8%)	2,298
No
	(41.1%)	1,661
Unsure
	(2.1%)	86
Total	(100%)	4,045

EVERYBODY knows that flooding in Jakarta cannot be solved by the provincial government alone. It can only be solved if the central and provincial government work together. President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo has set deadlines for the completion of a number of flood-control programs, and has moved up the finishing date for the Rp492.8

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