Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo said Jakarta in emergency position until the end of January 2013

Governor Jakarta Joko Widodo said Jakarta in emergency position until the end of January 2013.

This was said after a meeting with cross-sectoral Coordinating People's Welfare Minister Agung Laksono, Public Works Minister Djoko Kirmanto, Head of BNPB Syamsul Maarif, as well as the Deputy Minister of Education and Culture Education Musliar Kasim at City Hall on Thursday (01/17/2013).

"Conditions like this, until January 27, the position of emergency response," said Jokowi.

In the near future, the former mayor of Surakarta it will soon issue a formal letter of response is related to the position. "Official letter soon we make, we put out," he said.

For information, flooding in Jakarta due to three factors. To high-intensity light rain that kept pouring capital in recent days, the water is sent from the surrounding area, and the rising tide.

To that end, the city has built 68 shelters in IDP camps and national posts have also been established in the Ministry of Public Works.

Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo or Jokowi invited political parties to provide assistance to flood victims. He hopes the assistance channeled political parties motivated solely by humanitarian empathy, not for political reasons.

To that end, he called for assistance is channeled to local flood shelters, do not need to create its own post instead will complicate the coordination of assistance. "Go ahead if the parties wish to enter into the flooded areas. However, do not make their own making coordination difficult," said Jokowi, at City Hall, Jakarta, Wednesday (16/01/2013).

The political party that wants to give welcome relief to coordinate with local shelters. "The name of the post's command post, if lined everywhere, how do we provide command," said Jokowi.

Meanwhile, for the installation of the attributes of each political party, are reluctant to assert his Jokowi further. "The most important thing in the coordination. Do not use the cap on their own, make their own. One place. Kan one city, one state," said Jokowi.

"To see harmony, a command post just to be clear as well," he stated further.

The rain which flushed Jakarta and surrounding areas since Tuesday (01/15/2013) early morning until night led to the emergence of tens of points floods in Jakarta. Based on the record of National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), at least 50 villages in Jakarta inundated with refugees number more than 6,000 inhabitants.

Head of Data Information and Public Relations BNPB Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said dozens point flooding was caused by several things. The biggest is of overflowing Ciliwung River after receiving a "shipment" of water from the weir Katulampa, plus rain almost all day yesterday flushed Jakarta triggering another overflowing rivers.

Former President BJ Habibie suggested three floods in Jakarta is not only addressed in the downstream, but also upstream of where the water came from. According to Habibie, flooding the capital is not only the responsibility of government, but all the people that live there.

"It is to be mapped, not just take care of it downstream. But take care also in the upstream," he said when met at the event Habibie Young Entrepreneur Mandiri in Jakarta Convention Center on Thursday (17/01/2013).

According to Habibie, upstream flooding problems not only a government of Jakarta alone. But it is also related to the West Java province, where the headwaters of the Bogor became abundant source of water to rivers in Jakarta.

Flooding and traffic jams have become as routine problems that plagued the capital's residents. But the capital's residents can not resolve its own problems so the solution should be sought immediately.

"Local governments should immediately coordinate with the Provincial Government of West Java to solve the problem," he said.

Today, flooding and traffic jams occur at some point and roads in Jakarta. There are still a lot of standing water that inhibits the activity of the public. Even public transportation such as public transportation and TransJakarta also not operating due to flooding.