It seems that there’s banjir everywhere you turn in the capital. Vice Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat said you’d have to go as far as Kepulauan Seribu or Thousand Islands (where you’d be surrounded by water anyway) to find dry land in Jakarta.
“If you want to avoid the flood in Jakarta, you should go to Kepulauan Seribu,” Djarot said yesterday at Cengkareng, West Jakarta, as quoted by Tempo.
That response was Djarot’s assessment of the inevitability of flooding in the capital city. Djarot feels that Jakarta still does not have the appropriate facilities required to handle extreme weather like the kind we’re having.
The flood was made worse when a power outage caused many of the city’s water pumps to shut down when they were needed the most.
“Even with a two-hour power outage, the impact was huge,” Djarot said.
Djarot feels that Jakarta will never truly be free from flooding.
“So if you want to avoid the flood, go to Kepulauan Seribu. It’s still part of Jakarta,” he said, reiterating his statement.
