Five Jakarta Areas on Drought Alert as Officials Prepare Clean-Water Supplies

Jakarta’s disaster agency has placed five areas on alert for meteorological drought and is preparing clean-water deliveries if residents face shortages.

The monitored areas are Central Jakarta, West Jakarta, East Jakarta, North Jakarta and the Thousand Islands. The agency said they had recorded 31 days without rain. South Jakarta was not included in the warning because its dry period remained relatively controlled.

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We continue to hold coordination meetings and conduct regular monitoring every 10 days to determine the most strategic steps to reduce or mitigate the impacts of disasters that may arise in areas already classified as on alert.

BPBD DKI Jakarta head Marulitua Sijabat said officials were holding coordination meetings and conducting regular monitoring every 10 days to determine measures to reduce or mitigate possible impacts. So far, conditions in all areas under alert remained under control.

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When needed, we will immediately distribute clean water for residents, and people can also report drought impacts in their areas or shortages of clean water through BPBD’s 112 call center.

The agency will keep its reporting service open for residents who experience drought impacts or lack sufficient water. It said clean water would be distributed when needed, and residents can contact BPBD through the 112 call center.

The agency also said PAM Jaya’s available supply could still meet public demand. Earlier reports identified shortages in parts of Kalibaru and Semper in North Jakarta. Sijabat said the problem affected only some locations, not every household or neighborhood. After clean-water deliveries, he said, supplies had been restored throughout the affected areas.

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It was not all families, neighborhoods or local administrative units in those areas. Only some locations needed clean water.