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| Joko Widodo |
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The central government immediately called a meeting of inter-sectoral coordination with the Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta along with others related to flood control in the capital. As a result, the central government and the city government prepared to handle claims by taking a few steps short, medium and long term.
Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare (Menkokesra) Laksono delivered, all refugees amounted to tens of thousands of people currently require facilities such as tents, sanitary facilities, blankets, sleeping mats, fans, and of course the logistics of food and medicine.
"We are ready and they are gradually fulfilled," Agung said after chairing a meeting at City Hall, Jakarta, Thursday (01/17/2013).
The meeting was attended by Minister of Public Works Djoko Kirmanto, Head of BNPB Syamsul Maarif, Deputy Minister of Education and Culture Education Musliar Kasim, and the Governor of DKI Jakarta Joko Widodo. Laksono also asked the police to help secure the location of the flood, including maintaining order in refugee camps.
"The term, not to flee her home even theft. Were we to ask the police to assist security," said Agung.
On that occasion, the Court also laid out plans over the medium and long term related to flood prevention in Jakarta. The measures prepared preparing prevention to reduce the impact of flooding in the future, ie drainage, dam construction, and the normalization of the river.
"In a short time, one to two years to be completed, will help reduce the impact of floods," he said.
Stagnant water in the area around the Hotel Indonesia roundabout causing a number of office buildings located in the area inundated by water. In fact, there are several offices that have been submerged due to being in the basement of the building.
One of them is Mount Agung Bookstore located in the basement UOB Plaza 1 building. According to one employee, Herry, some other office one floor where she worked has been submerged by the flood.
"My office at Shop Mount Agung on the B1 floor already sunk. At B1, in addition to my office also Insurance Asoka, GBI Church, Clinical UB, and there are several restaurants," said Herrera, Thursday (17/01/2013).
According to Herry, at the UOB Plaza basement floor there are three currently have sunk entirely. 1 is a basement office complex and restaurant, basement 2 is a parking and cafeteria employees, and 3 basements for parking.
"There are three basement floors, B1, B2, B3, everything is already sinking. B1's offices and restaurants, canteens ama parking B2, B3 parking everything," said Herrera.
Floods inundate the road surface in the region roundabout reaches a height of 1 meter or adult waist. It made vehicle traffic heading roundabout, both from the north and south, having a total standstill.
Not just people in Jakarta are flooded today. Group of journalists who wish to cover the meeting Argentina Argentine President Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had also flooded.
Group of journalists were trapped in Jalan Sudirman, before the Hotel Indonesia roundabout.
According to Elvira, travel chauffeur who drove the group, flooded car at about 10:00. "We were of Hotel Shangri-La to the Presidential Palace, but instead stuck in here," he said in Jakarta, Thursday (17/1).
Because roundabout impassable, Elvira finally took seven journalists Argentina was walking back to Shangri-La. The journalists who wears a suit and tie should be rushed through a puddle of water while carrying a camera and tripod. "From the hotel, they got another car to the palace," said Elvira.
He added, though flooded, journalists Argentina was not angry and upset. "They were shocked, especially some of the first time to Jakarta. But they did not get mad and just said to me, take it easy," he said.
According to Elvira, he had told reporters that the flood in Jakarta this time is huge. "So they do not think that Jakarta is often flooded by it," he said.
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