JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – river conditions greatly affect the effort to reduce flooding. Therefore, the government announced a number of routine program to handle and take care of the river.
However, due to budget constraints, the maximum flood control can not be done all over Indonesia. In fact, the budget reduction rivers plus each year.
“From our data, of the 24,000 kilometers of the river a priority area there are 3,600 levees and secure only half,” said Director General of Water Resources (SDA) Imam Santoso media discussion in the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, Jakarta, Friday (04/11/2016).
the other half remains to be done in order to repair its function as flood control has not decreased.
Meanwhile, the condition of watersheds (DAS) in the upstream now it is broken. Whereas watershed in the upstream area serves as an antidote to rain, reducing sedimentation and reduce the volume of water entering the river.
“DAS is very alarming, many trees are cut, transfer functions of the plant into a plant that is not to hold water, such as potatoes , “said Imam.
to overcome this, the priest admitted to conducting surveillance (monitoring) for areas with a high level of vulnerability.
As budgets for controlling stream this year worth Rp 5.5 trillion , These funds are used to build flood control along the 148 kilometer, 27 pieces of lava controllers, 20.49 kilometers of coastal protection, and urban main drainage 11 kilometers.
In addition, it is also used for the rehabilitation of 23 kilometers of flood control.
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