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Medan, CNN Indonesia –
Candidate for Deputy Mayor of Medan serial number 01 Salman alfarisi, who was paired with incumbent Akhyar Nasution, argued that the flooding in the city occurred due to the failure of central and regional collaboration.
This also responds to the allegation that the candidate for mayor of Medan has the serial number 02 Bobby nasution Who considered the floods that hit the city of Medan was the failure of the Medan city government to collaborate with the government of Karo Regency and its surroundings.
“We can see the Medan city disaster that really hurts our hearts. This is a form of failure of Medan’s collaboration with the surrounding districts, especially the floods, especially the collaboration with Karo Regency,” said Bobby, who is the father-in-law of President Jokowi in the third debate on the Medan Pilkada. 2020, Saturday (5/12).
Bobby, who is paired with the deputy mayor candidate Aulia Rachman, said the rain that occurred at Karo Regency should have been detected so that Pemko Medan could be collaborated more quickly.
“When the heavy rains in Karo and the water levels start to rise, this needs to be harmonized and communicated with the Pemko Medan in order to open a channel in Medan. The channel in Medan should be opened as soon as possible when the water rises,” he said.
Salman Alfarisi later denied Bobby’s statement. According to him, the flooding in Medan was caused by a lack of collaboration between the central government and the North Sumatra provincial government and the Medan city government.
“The president, the governor and the mayor are political officials. When the great flood yesterday covered several districts / cities, if it is said that it was a failure, then this is not a failure in Medan,” he said.
“But the failure of the central collaboration with the provinces and the central collaboration with Medan. Medan has a working area. And so does this river as the BWS (River Basin) area that is under the direct center. So we hope that Let’s not call failure purely Medan City, “he said. the.
In the debate, Aulia Rachman said that collaboration with the Central Government and Karo Regency to deal with the floods was the responsibility of the Medan City Government.
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“This should be the responsibility of Pemko to take care so that the water does not enter the residential area,” he said.
In response to that, Akhyar admitted that he repeatedly submitted efforts to manage tidal floods in the Belawan region to President Jokowi in 2018. However, there has been no knowledge so far.
“We, all the residents of Medan, are waiting for the president’s promise and fulfillment regarding the handling of robots in Medan,” he said sarcastically.
The flooding is known to hit Medan on Friday (12/4) morning. The City of Medan Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) registered up to 4,249 families or 12,783 people and 2,396 houses were flooded spread over 10 sub-districts of the city of Medan.
This disaster also claimed the lives of five people and two others are still searching.
In addition to affecting Medan, the flood also affected Binjai City and Deliserdang Regency. Thousands of houses were submerged and residents were forced to flee.
(fnr / arh)
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