Heavy rainfall and poor drainage systems have caused flooding across several areas in Bekasi, West Java, and Kudus, Central Java.

Heavy rainfall and poor drainage systems have caused flooding in Bekasi regency. This week’s floods affected more than 100,000 people and disrupted a variety of public activities.

An analysis on built-up land compared with the spatial planning map has found rampant spatial violations in watershed areas (DAS) that pose a high risk to their inhabitants.

Citarum is the story of how the same stream of water has a different effect on everyone. The impact can be good or bad, but all are agreed, the flow of this river must be maintained.

Repair works on the damaged embankment of the Citarum River should be completed as soon as possible so flooding in Bekasi regency can be effectively controlled.

The Covid-19 pandemic has tested the resilience of businesses throughout the archipelago. After being closed for months, the 4 by 6 meter workshop on the bank of the Citarum River only recently began to operate again.

Despite living in a disaster area, DJ Hidayat has not given up on life, nor given himself up to lament.

The Citarum River has been given an ultimatum: It must be clean in seven years. Soldiers from the Kodam III-Siliwangi Military Command, NGOs and members of society are joining up to clean the river.