Regent Asks BPBD To Seriously Handle Drought Disasters In Bogor Regency

Bogor Regent Iwan Setiawan at the Bogor Regency BPBD Office (doc Bogor Regency Government)

Bogor Regent Iwan Setiawan ordered the Bogor Regency Government to focus on dealing with drought disasters that occurred in a number of areas. He revealed this when holding a Drought Disaster Management Coordination Meeting at the Bogor Regency BPBD Office, last Monday. Currently, his party is strengthening a drought handling team in Bogor Regency consisting of BPBD, PDAM, Damkar, PMI and others. The scope of water tankers belonging to BPBD and PDAM continues to be lowered for water supply as well plus several fire engines that are used to extinguish fires are modified to distribute clean water if conditions are urgent. "This is important because the prediction from the BMKG of this drought will last until October 2023. In principle, our strength to serve the community is ready, both members and vehicle operations," said Bogor Regent Iwan Setiawan in his statement, Monday, September 4. It is necessary to know that the Bogor Regency Government (Pemkab) is fast movement (Gercep) carrying out the handling of drought that occurred in 109 villages spread across 27 sub-districts, even in the period 03 May 2023 to 03 September 2023 the Bogor Regency Government has supplied 1,947,000 liters of clean water to 62,358 families or 210,835 people in 109 villages in Bogor Regency. "I have noticed that the water source is ready, we have also collaborated with about 20 private parties who are doing business in the bulk water sector to optimize the supply of water to the community, hopefully with this we will can serve the community optimally, "explained Iwan Setiawan. According to Iwan, handling this drought disaster is carried out through two mechanisms, namely short-term and long-term handling. In the short term, through direct assistance, the distribution of clean water supply regularly to areas affected by drought. The length of which is making water torens and drilling well construction in drought-prone areas by involving DPKPP and CSR companies, also optimizing anticipatory socialization The drought disaster to the community by the Bogor Regency Diskominfo. "To all people who want to get clean water, they can contact the BPBD Call Center at 021-87914900 or can be at 021-87914800 or Whatsapp Number at 081210109002. Hopefully, the managerial handling of this drought can be neatly assisted by BPBD, Damkar, PDAM, PMI as well as Diskominfo as a one-ordered publication team from BPBD," said Iwan Setiawan.

Iwan Setiawan continued, to anticipate a fire disaster in Bogor Regency due to the summer of the dry season, firefighters routinely spray, especially on flammable land, one of which is the Galuga TPAS. "Protecting is an early detection that we carry out to anticipate that there should be no burning land like what happened in KBB some time ago," he said.