Kelapa Gading Swamped Again
Jakarta, Jia Xiang – Standing as high as half a metre in The Kelapa Gading Bulevard from East to West, in front of Sunter Mall Of Indonesia (MOI), North Jakarta, on Wednesday (26/2/14) afternoon, has made traffic choked up there.
Observation on Jia Xiang Hometown in that region, vehicles traveling the roads tend to take the right side. They mengindari the left side of the road due to higher genangannya. As a result, the pernyempitan road, so triggering traffic jams.
Other than in the area of Kelapa Gading area, which is often flooded in the trajectory of the Ciliwung River were flooded. While the face of the Manggarai Sluice on the water, South Jakarta this morning reached a 750 cm or idle status due to three rain making Karang River overflew Jakarta, Bekasi, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi.
"The height of water at the Manggarai Water Gate currently on standby three, with an altitude of 750 cm at 10: 00 PM EST while the five hours ago at 05.00 740 cm water height," said one of the officers of the Manggarai Sluice.
He also added, the height of the water is still in the normal range, even though the weather conditions around Manggarai overcast.
Based on the radar of the disaster relief Agency area (BPBD) in Jakarta, there were three locks which also serves as a standby three Rubber Water entrance with height 550 cm, the floodgates Upstream Angke altitude 200 cm and Door Water fish market with an altitude of 203 cm.
While the seven other water door still idle four status IE: Katulampa Sluice height 70 cm Depok Sluice Sluice Pesanggarahan 175 cm 120 cm Floodgates Upstream Cipinang prison 120 cm Floodgates Upstream Sunter 75 cm Floodgates Pulogadung 440 cm Floodgates Upstream Krukut 130 cm.
Meanwhile based on weather radar of the Agency Metereologi, climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) Jakarta area will experience rain medium to dense especially in North Jakarta, Central Jakarta and West Jakarta. As for the area of Bogor, Tangerang, Bekasi pun in the prediction of heavy rain until light. [Ant/W5]