Those who have not been freed from the flood

The settlement residents in RT 4 RW 06 Stone Ampar, Kramatjati, East Jakarta flood submerged. Friday (8/11/2013). | Kompas.com/Robertus Belarminus

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com — the high rainfall that fell on Wednesday (18/11/2013) yesterday made some subdistricts of Jakarta floods submerged. Head of the Division of Informatics disaster relief Agency area (BPBD) DKI Jakarta Bambang Surya Putra said, in addition to the impact on 34 points, Flood inundation also inundate some areas of the neighborhood residents.

"Until 8 am this morning, it was recorded that there were 42 RT affected flood," said Bambang at City Hall, Jakarta, Thursday (29/11/2013).

To the RT-42 in three districts, wards, and three 10 RW. There is a total of 1,045 head of household (HH) with 789 inhabitants affected by the floods.

The affected areas were in East Jakarta and South Jakarta. As for the details of the East Jakarta flood affected consists of one town (Jatinegara), an administrative village (Kampung Melayu), seven RW (01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08), 37 RT, 952 KK, 2,620 inhabitants, and no refugees. While one sub-district (Kebayoran Lama and Pesanggrahan) submerged in floods in Jakarta with two wards (Pondok Pinang and Ulujami) consisting of three five-RT, RW, 93 KK with 150 inhabitants.

Flooding in these areas lead to as many as 50 civilians became refugees. "There's 50 surviving refugees because his house is being cleaned. They took refuge in Sasana Krida, "said Bambang.

BPBD JAWA also has opened a soup kitchen. As many as 100 packs of rice have been distributed to 400 packs a lunch and meals for dinner. Such assistance is channeled by The Social Office in South Jakarta. Other aid in the form of a complementary foods BREAST MILK cartons (MPASI) Sub-district health centers of the Pesanggrahan.

Disaster relief team, he said, continue to coordinate with relevant agencies such as Satpol PP, Babinsa, Sudinsos, Tagana, kelurahan, kecamatan, PMI, and others.

"Until this morning most areas have started to recede. Residents began cleaning up their homes, yet still remain alert, "said Bambang.

Chief Executive BPBD JAWA Bambang Musyawardhana appealed to citizens to be alert, both road users and residents living in flood-prone locations. Drainage channels that hampered debris resulting in reflux puddle on the streets later. Therefore, the residents are expected to increase the awareness of the environment by not disposing of garbage in any place and regularly perform work with a program of cleaning the channels in the respective environment.

Currently, the provincial Government of DKI Central Jakarta made 1.958 wells resapan. When everything's finished work, he believes are capable of reducing about 20 per cent of pools of flood-prone villages in 124.

Of all the pump-the pump there is a flood, he said, 80 percent have completed treatment. Therefore, when rainfall reached the highest intensity in January 2014, he expects, entirely able to function optimally.