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City back to 'normal' after big floods

As the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has issued a warning about possible heavy downpours until February, Governor Anies Baswedan claimed that pumps, both static and mobile, managed by the administration would always be ready for use.

Sausan Atika (The Jakarta Post)
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Sun, January 5, 2020

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City back to 'normal' after big floods Teachers and students of SMA 8 state high school clean their school after it was flooded in Bukit Duri, Tebet, South Jakarta on Saturday. (Antara/Aprillio Akbar)

As floods that submerged parts of Greater Jakarta on the first days of 2020 receded, the capital city prepared to return to business as usual, especially after the weeks-long school holidays came to an end on Sunday.

The Jakarta administration conducted kerja bakti (community work) for about six hours on Sunday at 388 community units (RW) affected by floods throughout the city.

Jakarta Education Agency acting head Syaifullah said the waters had completely receded in 211 schools affected by the floods as of Sunday. It was good news as students are resuming school activities today.

In addition, no school property has been seriously damaged as the agency had issued circulars dated Dec. 17 to more than 2,000 schools throughout the city to keep important documents and computers in safe places during the holiday season, he said.

The agency also issued circulars on Jan. 2 instructing schools to clean up buildings prior to the first day back.

“On Monday, all schools will be open as usual and students affected by floods are allowed to wear casual clothes,” he told The Jakarta Post on Sunday.

For students whose academic certificate has been damaged, Syaifullah said, the schools would help them to obtain a new document for free starting Monday.

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