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Agencies continue to search water tunnels on Jl. Gatot Subroto

The South Jakarta Infrastructure and Public Facility Maintenance (PPSU) Agency is continuing to search underground water tunnels along major thoroughfare Jl. Gatot Subroto for discarded power cable casings that clogged drains and caused flooding last week.

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Mon, March 6, 2017

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Agencies continue to search water tunnels on Jl. Gatot Subroto Vehicles are stuck in traffic on Jl. Gatot Subroto, South Jakarta, on Oct. 13. (Antara/Rivan Awal Lingga)

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he South Jakarta Infrastructure and Public Facility Maintenance (PPSU) Agency is continuing to search underground water tunnels along major thoroughfare Jl. Gatot Subroto for discarded power cable casings that clogged drains and caused flooding last week. 

The PPSU workers have conducted the search since Thursday, assisted by Jakarta Water Agency workers in orange uniforms. 

“Four trucks and two motorized carts have hauled away the cable casings we have found since Thursday,” West Kuningan subdistrict head Erwin Lobo said on Sunday, as quoted by beritajakarta.com

Erwin gave his assurances that the team would comb the water tunnels to find any remaining casings to avoid clogged drains in the future. 

On Thursday, Jl. Gatot Subroto was inundated after hours of heavy rain. However, Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama said the floods were not merely caused by heavy rain but also the casings that blocked tunnels under the road. (wnd/wit)

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