flood is still main problems in Jakarta

Flood is a very difficult problem to solve. And it seems, there will be no settlement. Perhaps, Jakarta residents are familiar with the flood. Perhaps, Jakarta residents, must make the houses high, so do not get wet when it floods. Because, it would be very tiring, if the house should be exposed to water. Jakarta residents, who must adapt to flooding.

If flooding is a yearly occurance in the country, or it's a natural phenomenon, your government should do something about it to prevent it from getting worse. They can widen drains, allowing water to flow into the sea quickly, or start to have preventive measures properly in place. Whatever the government has to do is simple, raise the ground or create alternative way for water flow. I'm sure the government do have the budget to do it, it's just that if they want or not.

beside traffic jam, flood is main problems for Jakarta but actually not only Jakarta who always get flood every year..many city now always get flood every year..but maybe the information about flood only reported in jakarta area..sometimes i think it`s unfair.. but lets talking about your concern, flood in jakarta yes, with a poor coordination with a neighbour city like Bekasi, Bogor, depok, tangerang, Jakarta local government is difficult for solving problems of flooding..Trust me.. it`s about how all of that city coordinate and "one voice" when they must anticipated the flooding, water flow etc

The city location of Jakarta is slope and flat and the drainage system is not good, so that the water does not flow well. Jakarta is often flooded when the rains come. Plus, the bad habits of people who throw or litter their garbage into the river, so the garbage block the river flow.

Anywhere in parts of the world experience flood today because of the effects of ozone layer and massive cutting of trees, the results is global warming. We have to make solution to this problem before its too late for us to vanish in our mother earth.

It is not complicated if all of us can be more discipline and the government can be strict (including city master plan implementation). Holland, in the past, already design canals across the City. However, the development of the city become random and uncontrolled. Moreover, the people's number 1 hobby is throwing garbage anywhere they want, mostly to the river and canals. So, it is just "you get what you pay" game. When the people and the government already do not care, the worst it will be. Do not always blame others for the problems we had. I learn a lot from Korean people regarding this. We can not find any solution of our internal problems, when we start to look others as a source of problems. In the case of Bogor, since past, it was regularly send some bad gift to Jakarta. So it is just, how Jakarta manage it wisely and perfectly. If not, it is mean of management failure. That's all.

It's a bit similar to what had happened to Manila when the metropolis was inundated by flood waters due to continuous rains and the overflowing of rivers in the adjacent provinces. Apparently, there was no coordination between the local governments of the metropolis and the nearby provinces on the release of water from the dams. This non-coordination resulted in thousands of lives lost and millions of dollars worth of properties damaged. I mean, we can't control nature, but we can minimize the impact of it if we coordinate and work together.

For me not only in Jakarta but here also in the Philippines if have the rain for 6hours so very flood would be enter that's the sine that the Armageddon is near where in the last days.