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At least 6,101 people in Jakarta had to evacuate as of Tuesday evening due to flood waters inundating 50 subdistricts, according to the Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency.

News reports said the water was more than 3 meters deep in Kampung Pulo, East Jakarta, and Kedoya Selatan in West Jakarta was 2 meters under water after a nearby embankment collapsed.

Your comments:

Flooding is everywhere in Greater Jakarta. Jokowi must work very hard to repair the city’s infrastructure and make Jakarta better place because the city is the capital of Indonesia. Good luck, Pak Jokowi.

Arjanggi

Look to the head of the rivers for the solution to the problem. Dredging and widening the rivers in Jakarta is a recommendation. Moving residents away from the river banks will help. However, the water catchment in Bogor and Sukabumi is the source of the problem.

The Indonesian government must enforce the tearing down of construction in the hills and reforest the area with deep-rooting vegetation. Otherwise, start building more dams along the river.

Brien