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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan asked the DKI Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) to announce the potential for flooding to the public at least a day before the incident.

This instruction is regulated in Governor Instruction (Ingub) Number 52 of 2020 concerning the Acceleration of Improving the Flood Control System in the Era of Climate Change. The Ingub was signed by Anies on September 15, 2020.

According to Anies, announcements of potential flood spots must be made online online through a detection system to the public.

Meanwhile, his ranks continue to monitor flood points through a detection system online the.

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“The Regional Disaster Management Agency, assisted by the Department of Water Resources and the Office of Communication, Informatics, and Statistics, has developed a system for early detection and warning of flood events that can be monitored online and can predict and announce potential flood events no later than the day before the incident,” said Anies. quoted from the Ingub, Wednesday (23/9/2020).

Anies targets the DKI Provincial Government to complete the preparation of a detection system online in this September.

“The target is for completion in September 2020,” said Anies.

As is known, in the Ingub, Anies asked his staff to ensure that all flood control infrastructure in the Capital City can function normally while building public awareness to be prepared in the middle of the transition season.

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Here are seven instructions on flood control in the Ingub:

1. Build a flood detection and early warning system as well as an adaptive, predictive, intelligent and integrated flood management system.

2. Ensure that the existing flood control infrastructure is always operating at optimal capacity.

3. Accelerate the development of unrealized flood control infrastructure.

4. Encourage the fulfillment of obligations and the participation of all community components in flood control.

5. Improving the flood control system in accordance with the demands of climate change conditions.

6. Build awareness, empowerment, and community culture that is responsive to flooding and climate change.

7. Ensuring the availability of physical needs and making breakthroughs in budget absorption for flood control.

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