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Water inundates City Hall after one hour of heavy rain

Several rooms at Jakarta City Hall office complex on Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan, Central Jakarta, were inundated on Monday after an hour of heavy rain.

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Mon, September 19, 2016 Published on Sep. 19, 2016 Published on 2016-09-19T15:46:13+07:00

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Water inundates City Hall after one hour of heavy rain Two men clean up one of the rooms at Jakarta City Hall that was inundated with water after an hour of heavy rain on Monday. (beritajakarta.com/Jhon Syah Putra Kaban)

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everal rooms at Jakarta City Hall office complex on Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan, Central Jakarta, were inundated on Monday after an hour of heavy rain.

Civil servants were busy lifting documents off the floor in their offices, such as a dentist's clinic, journalist room and an office of Jakarta administration’s overseas cooperation division.

Head of Jakarta administration general affairs bureau Agustino Darmawan said the flooding was caused by debris that blocked the drain at City Hall.

The debris came from a construction site erecting a new facility near City Hall. “We will remove debris from the drains in order to make the water drainage system usable,” Agustino said. (bbn)

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