Jakarta Needs Two Million Absorption Wells To Curb Floods

Jakarta, Jan 9 (Antara) - Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo (known as Jokowi) has stated that the capital city needs around two million absorption wells to curb flooding. "We need around two million absorption wells, as against the 1,900 wells that we are constructing currently," he pointed out, here on Thursday. The absorption wells have been working well so far and have helped reduce flooding in the locations where they exist, he added. Jakarta has around 884 sewers and small rivers, and only 160 of them have been cleaned up, he stated. When Jakarta was hit by heavy rains on Wednesday (Jan. 8), 19 locations were flooded. The flooded areas in Central Jakarta included Kramat Jaya and Percetakan Negara; in South Jakarta: Ciledug Raya, Pasar Minggu, and Fatmawati streets; in North Jakarta: Mangga Dua Raya, Pluit Raya, TNI AL (Navy) Dewaruci complex, Kramat Jaya, and Pangeran Jayakarta streets; in West Jakarta: Daan Mogot, Kapuk-Kamal, Kapuk Raya and part of Grogol Toll road.