Professor of the city planning of the State University of Semarang (YUNS) Saratri Wilonouju considers the cause of the flood, especially in Jakarta and adjacent areas, such as a disease that was severe complications.
“For example, the environment exceeds the flow, and then the flooding of the rivers is full of garbage and so on. Then the second spatial planning, which does not correspond to its designation, so Jakarta and the surrounding areas do not pay attention to the environmental conditions, ”he said Liputan6.comWednesday (7/7/2025).
Saratri claimed to understand the spatial problem of Jakarta, you can see the old Jakarta development map with today’s conditions.
“And it seems that now there are many places built now on the water or wet areas that should not be intended for settlements, so it is very difficult. In addition, the population density factor is even greater.
Thus, Saratri hopes that the regional government will be able to consider for the construction of water zones of water in its region. “So this can actually be calculated. But this cannot be done because there may be economic pressure. Therefore, it is important to build it, ”he explained.
Saratry hopes that the local government can reduce its influence, but the elimination of floods in Jakarta in the near future is almost impossible.
“I said that if it is like this person, then the type of disease was complex, various species, diabetes, there are heart diseases and kidneys, so it can only be done to maintain endurance. Just like Jakarta and its environment, for example, the spatial are now updated in the region, but normalization, and then the future that they will be reduced, which is natural, such in, it will be natural, which will be still. said.
Saratri also increased to move the community, especially around the river. “The river can only be supported if there is an intervention in the community. Because, again, regardless of how strong the government, with the law and various creatures, but we cannot watch 24 hours that they clog, ”he explained.
Moving is not the best option
Saratri understands that moving can be done, but this causes new problems. According to him, this is not a simple thing.
He said that this process was very complicated, because it was not just a question of moving people from one place to another. Moving requires readiness for infrastructure, careful planning, and especially the provision of a new life.
But the task does not stop there. Often a new place for life is far from the place of work of the people who moved. This causes further problems – the cost of transportation increases, the travel time lasts longer and ultimately can reduce their performance and quality of life.
“Thus, a clash with economic and social interests may again be a problem. Therefore, what can be done now, and not move, more to minimize influence or severity, do not be as bad as usual, ”Saratry explained.
Therefore, it should be asked if the local government can reduce its influence.
“If every rain returns to the affected area, and the severity does not decrease and does not even increase, so excuse me, what is the use of paid bureaucrats? What is the point of having a program that resembles environmental problems? We have city experts, civilian experts, they should be able to evaluate the consequences, ”he concluded.
Meanwhile, city experts from the University of Indonesian, Gerlyli considered this flood by a natural disaster caused by people, because he did not belong to nature well and wisely. Therefore, the government should be expected as early as possible.
“It was said that many experts and many experts are internal and foreign, but did not make it comprehensively. So this is done when it happened. How it does not open the earth wisely, so what is being done is always I’m catching up With if there is a disaster, ”he said Liputan6.comWednesday (7/7/2025).
“Now, for example, large -scale development, construction is still horizontal, not yet vertical. If we are vertical, we can save a lot of land for penetration, but also without awakening the vertical and the rest, but in cement. Do not be in cement, make such a wardrobe, ”he continued.
Therefore, Gerlyli also emphasized, there is no new recipe. “The key is wise for nature, there is no new recipe, there is nothing new, from the first, the same as we know. But this is not optimal, for example, large-scale purification of the Earth, ”he explained.
Gerlyli emphasized that the short -term terms of central and regional governments should not supply the injured poor city, for example, eviction or movement without compensation.
“This means that he was most affected, and not he (poor), he is sacrificed. Usually those who are sacrificed Planning Structural, softening should be clear. The mitigation that reacts to this does not have, for example, a new flood (move), ”he said.
In the long run, Herlili claimed, central and regional governments should be able to mitigate the disasters because they can predict what is happening.
“I will give an example of the expansion of the river so that it is not flooded. (Do not let her), people are poorly carved, expand the river, and it’s a pity, ”he said.
“Thus, softening should be comprehensive, and not just a work,” he concluded.
Ready to help
Meanwhile, the Governor of DKI Jakarta Pramono Anung asked his employees to be ready to help buffer areas, which, if necessary, experienced a flood.
“I asked BPBD (regional agency for combating natural disasters), the department of water resources, as well as the cooperation bureau. If really, the neighbors of the jaccarts need BetweenField
Permono said that in the area of the jacket of floods, as a rule, they are well processed.
Permono explained that, according to weather forecasts from the Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), Jakarta will still encounter extreme weather until July 13, 2025.
In an effort to overcome the flood, Pramono asked all the relevant institutions to always control the weather and prepare.
In addition, Pramono also asked the DKI JakArta Water Resources (SDA) office to optimize water pumps. “Under any condition, the Jakarta government is ready to prepare for him,” said Permono.
