Jakarta, March 12 -- The Jakarta provincial government has scheduled the construction of mitigation embankments after Eid al-Fitr, which falls in early April 2025, to reduce the impact of tidal flooding in several areas in North Jakarta.

"After Eid, we will build embankments in several places as a preventive measure for tidal flooding in several areas where it always occur," Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung said in Jakarta on Wednesday.

The plan to build mitigation embankments was taken up during the term of Jakarta acting governor Teguh Setyabudi in January.

However, there has been no further information regarding the location of the embankments and their length.

According to Pramono, the mitigation embankments will be built while wait...