Apart from
completing the construction of the East Flood Canal, Jakarta Administration has
announced plans to build 13 artificial lakes in efforts to cope with annual
flooding in the capital.
“We are
still in the land acquisition process, and the construction work will be
carried out in stages,” Jakarta Public Works Agency natural resources
management chief Fakhrurrazi said Wednesday as quoted by kompas.com.
He added
that the lakes, the construction of which is expected to begin in 2012, would
be built in several locations including Jagakarsa, Bintaro, Lebak Bulus and
Marunda.
Fakhrurrazi
said the agency would also propose a budget for policing and dredging the
lakes, in addition to building lanes around them to prevent citizens to from
building houses on their banks.
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