Official BBWS Phone in Semarang, Risma: Turn on five, Mr. Pompanya, Residents too long, too bad.

KOMPAS.com- Social Affairs Minister (Mensos) Tri Rismaharini asked officials from the Pemali Juana River Basin Center (BBWS) to turn on the water pump to its full potential to deal with the Semarang floods.

Risma’s request was relayed directly by phone to a BBWS Semarang official on Sunday (7/2/2021).

“Please start all the pumps. Try lighting five, can you light five sir?” Risma asked about activating the bomb.

He also asked officials to light the pump optimally so that residents were not victims of the flood for long.

“Turn on the five sir, let it roll back quickly, it’s taking too long, poor people,” he said.

Risma also called other officials to ask for an explanation about the water pump.

“It must be this maximum, sir, the bomb,” he said.

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Examine the kitchen to help the victim’s family.

KOMPAS.com/RISKA FARASONALIA Elderly residents were evacuated due to flooding in Tambakrejo, Gayamsari Village, Semarang, on Sunday (7/2/2021)

In addition to calling BBWS Semarang officials, Risma also visited the public kitchen in Muktiharjo Village, Pedurungan.

Accompanied by the Deputy Mayor of Semarang, Hevearita Gunaeyanti Rahayu, Risma provided assistance to residents.

“I have to count the amount, after that I want to be divided, Please (please), “he said.

It also provided assistance to the heirs of victims who died from landslides.

During her visit, Risma asked residents to be always vigilant.

“The weather conditions are extreme right now, we can’t guess. It used to be safe, now it’s raining a lot.” treatment I think specifically, “he said.

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KOMPAS.com/istimewa The Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono reviewed the location of the floods that hit the Kota Lama Semarang area on Saturday (6/2/2021).

PUPR minister said a bomb was stuck

Meanwhile, the day before, PUPR Minister Basuki Hadimuljono also reviewed the Semarang flood, on Saturday (2/6/2021).

During his visit, Basuki discovered that there were three pumps that should be able to cope with the flooding in the Old City of Semarang.

However, the extraction of water was limited because only two pumps were active.

“A pump is still stuck, it will be repaired and started,” Basuki said.

Basuki instructed the Pemali Juana River Basin Center (BBWS) to operate all the water pumps administered by the PUPR Ministry.

The pumps that work are the Kali Sringin Pump, the Kali Tenggang Pump, the Tawang Pump, and the Kali Banger Pump.

“As for flood management in Semarang, today the Bringin River is also overflowing. Then in the Kaligawe Plumbon River it overflows. It actually happens that the tide is high, 1.4 meters. The pump is decisive,” he said Basuki.

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The municipal government ensures to optimize the water pump

Shutterstock Flood illustration

Previously reported, the Semarang city government claimed to increase the capacity of water pumps and drainage to overcome floods in Semarang.

“Once it declines, we will optimize the water pump. Some have started to back off. We will prioritize three sub-districts like Ngaliyan, Pedurungan and Genuk with existing pumps and portable pumps,” Semarang Mayor Hendrar Prihadi said in Semarang on Saturday. (2/6/2021).

“In fact, it has to be evaluated because the pump is quite effective in managing floods in Semarang. The problem occurs due to the overflow of rivers, drainage and canals. So the power of the pump and the canal will increase at various points, “he added.

For this effort, Hendrar admitted, he would increase the budget to optimize water pumps and drainage in the next three years.

“The need is around 800 billion rupees, in PU there is 350 billion rupees. Maybe from 2022 we will increase it to around 500 to 600 billion rupees so we can finish it,” he said.

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KOMPAS.com/RISKA FARASONALIA Floods in Jalan Kaligawe Semarang, Sunday (7/2/2021)

Floods in 76 villages

According to data from the Semarang City Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), 76 urban villages were flooded in 10 sub-districts of Semarang.

The 10 sub-districts are the Tugu, West Semarang, North Semarang, Central Semarang, South Semarang, Ngaliyan, Pedurungan, East Semarang, Gayamsari and Genuk districts.

Hendi, the nickname for Hendrar, said that the floods that affected Semarang were caused by heavy rains from Friday night (5/2/2021) until Saturday afternoon.

Source: Kompas.com (Author: Semarang Contributor, Riska Farasonalia | Editor: David Oliver Purba, Dony Aprian)