Jakarta Governor Says Floods Cause Loss of More Than Rp 20t
Wednesday, Jan. 23 (Insider Stories) - Total loss from the recent floods that strucked Indonesia’s capital city is estimated at more than Rp 20 trillion, Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo said as quoted by Kompas.
“A city like Jakarta must have a scheme to let the water flow,” the governor, famous with name Jokowi said, as quoted by the newspaper.
He added that the capital city needs proper tunnel systems.
Kompas compiled flood loss estimate from various sources, with losses felt noy only by grocery traders and small retailers, but also the low income and informal workers, whose working place had to be shut down temporarily.
1. Eddy Kuntadi, the Jakarta chapter of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), said 300 factories in industrial estate of Pulo Gadung in East Jakarta stopped operating and 60,000 workers were sent home last week when the massive floods hit Jakarta.
He estimated a loss of around Rp 1.5 billion to Rp 2 billion per day for each companies.
2. In Mangga Dua, North Jakarta, the estimated a total loss is around Rp 1 billion to Rp 1.5 billion per hour from the potential sales turnover of retailers, traders and distributors, according to Sarman Simanjorang, the deputy chairman for the Jakarta chapter of Kadin.
It also trimmed the income of non formal workers — like parking officers, street vendors, porters — by 20 percent. Mangga Dua is Jakarta’s icon for retail and electronic centers.
3. In Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, the biggest grocery market for garments in SOutheast Asia, Sarman said potential sales loss was Rp 1 billion to RP 1.5 billion per hour.
4. Sales loss from Cipulir market in South Jakarta, a major grocery market for textiles and garments, is estimated at more than Rp 1 billion.
5. In East Jakarta’s Cipinang grocery market for rice, Bayu Krisnamurthi, the deputy to trade minister, said rice supply fell by 200 tons per day and the total sales turnover dropped by 30-40 percent, causing supply to end-consumers disrupted.
6. In Kramatjati market in East Jakarta, which serves as a fruit and vegetable wholesale market, floods have shrank supplies by 20 percent.
7. In Muara Angke iconic fish market in North Jakarta, supply was reduced to just 7 tons.
8. The Indonesian Food and Beverage Businessmen Association (Gapmi) estimated around Rp 300 billion in loss from potential sales of foods and beverages that did not happen because of the floods.
9. A retail association mentioned as many as 60 trade centers in Jakarta were sunken and 251 were disrupted.
Source: Kompas, Jan. 23, 2013 edition. Headline.
