Water channel with length 75 meters on Jalan Permata 5 and 6, RT 02 RW 16, Tugu Utara Urban Village, Koja Sub-district was dredged by North Jakarta Water Resources (SDA) Sub-dept., Tuesday (4/3).

" This channel is as deep as 60 centimeters but the mud thickness has reached 50 centimeters of it"

Koja Sub-district SDA Unit Head, Erlan said, dredging needed to be done because this 60 meters depth channel was already full of mud.

"It is full of mud. This channel's deep is 60 centimeters but the mud thickness has reached 50 centimeters of it," he added.

He explained, this dredging was done as the follow up of resident proposal in Rembuk RW 2018. Thus it will not be included in Musrenbang for next year implementation.

"We target to finish it in three days. So, two days ahead it is supposed to be finished," he stated.