Flood overflows took over some parts of Jarkata

On that basis, Basuki said he would sit together with the Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta to discuss this. The effort emphasized by Basuki was to ask Anies to do land acquisition.

"Including the Pesanggarahan River also with the Ciliwung River sodetan to the East Canal Flood, he is taking steps to liberate his land because we have done 1.2 kilo meters, 600 meters," he said.

On the same occasion, Anies dismissed Basuki's statement. He said river normalization would not function in relation to flooding if there was no water control from areas south of Jakarta.

"So, as long as water is left from the south entering Jakarta and there is no control from the south, whatever we do on the coast including in Jakarta will not be able to control the water," said Anies.

He also gave an example of normalization in the Kampung Melayu region which was carried out by his side, but it still experienced flooding.

"This means that the key is in water control before entering the coastal area," concluded Anies.