Banjir di Jakarta Paksa 5.152 Warga Mengungsi
5,152 Jakarta Residents were Evacuated from Their Homes by Floods
Reporter : Roni Said
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Sekitar 5.152 warga Jakarta mengungsi akibat banjir yang merendam tempat tinggal mereka setelah hujan yang terus mengguyur wilayah Provinsi DKI Jakarta dan sekitarnya.
"Hingga Senin pukul 07.00 WIB banjir sudah merendam 276 RT, 75 RW di 31 kelurahan di 18 kecamatan," kata Kepala Pusat Data Informasi dan Humas Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB), Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, di Jakarta, Senin.
Data sementara dampak banjir di Jakarta yang dihimpun BPBD DKI Jakarta menyebutkan sebanyak 7.367 rumah (24.269 jiwa) terendam banjir. Pengungsi 5.152 jiwa tersebar di 35 titik pengungsian.
Tinggi air genangan bervariasi di beberapa tempat. Di kelurahan Cawang, Kecamatan Kramat Jati, Jakarta Timur, banjir yang menggenangi lima RW tingginya mencapai empat meter.
Terdata daerah banjir yang terparah terjadi di Cawang, Cililitan, Bidara Cina, dan Kampung Melayu, Jakarta Timur.
Di Kelurahan Kampung Melayu Kecamatan Jatinegara, Jakarta Timur, banjir merendam 1.508 rumah (3.427 jiwa) dan jumlah pengungsi sebanyak 212 jiwa.
"Sebagian besar warga tidak mau mengungsi meski banjir mencapai 100-250 cm," katanya.
Sedangkan di Kelurahan Cawang, Kecamatan Kramat Jati, Jakarta Timur, banjir merendam RW 1, 2, 3, 5 dan 8. Sebanyak 1.944 rumah (6.293 jiwa) terendam banjir dengan tinggi 50-400 cm dan warga yang mengungsi mencapai 3.446 jiwa.
Warga daerah tersebut mengungsi ke sembilan titik seperti posyandu, kantor harian Suara Pembaharuan, masjid, dan sekolah dasar setempat.
Hujan mengguyur wilayah ibukota sejak Minggu (12/1) hingga saat ini telah menyebabkan meluapnya sungai-sungai hingga merendam permukiman penduduk.
Jakarta (B2B) - Torrential rains since Sunday, Jan.12 that lead to floods in the capital city, have forced 5,152 Jakarta residents to evacuate their homes.
"Up until 7 a.m. Monday, floods had inundated 31 sub districts in 18 districts of Jakarta," stated Sutopo Purwo Nugroh, The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokespersono here on Monday.
Based on the agencys flood impact data, the number of houses inundated reached 7,367 houses with 24,269 people, in Jakarta. At least 5,125 evacuees have been accommodated in 35 evacuation shelters across the capital.
The heights of the flood varied in several places; four meters high flood was reported in Cawang sub-district, Kramat Jati, East Jakarta.
The four worst flood affected areas in East Jakarta are Cawang, Cililitan, Bidara China and Kampung Melayu.
In Kampung Melayu, East Jakarta, at least 1,508 homes have inundated with floods, forcing 212 out of the 3,427 residents to evacuee.
"Most of the residents do not want to evacuate despite floods that have reached 100-250 cm," Sutopo noted.
While in Cawang, Kramat Jati, East Jakarta, 50-400 cm of flood water inundated a total of 1,944 homes with 6,293 inhabitants and displaced at least 3,446 people from their homes.
Residents of the area moved to the nearby supermarket area, integrated Health Posts, office buildings, mosques and the local elementary school.
Rains hit the capital city on Sunday, Jan. 12, continuing with heavy showers through Monday, leading to the overflow of major rivers and flooding the nearby residential areas.
