The Jakarta Post | Fri, 01/23/2009 9:51 PM
The management of Jakarta’s biggest amusement park, Ancol, is taking extra measures to minimize the effects of rising water levels, which are expected to bring on widespread flooding some time in early February.
PT Taman Impian Jaya Ancol general manager Harwanto told tempointeraktif.com the company had bought 62 water pumps with the capacity to transfer 490 cubic meters of water per minute each.
On Jan. 12 flooding at Ancol reached knee level. Haryanto said the company had learned from that experience, and wanted Ancol to be ready for potential further flooding. Earlier, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) forecast the rainfall rate would peak at the beginning of next month.
“The flood levels are expected to rise by 1.1 meters … That presents us with a monstrous task,” Haryanto said.
Besides grappling with flooding, he said, the higher water levels could also carry solid waste into the park grounds. (and)
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