The Worst Cirebon Drought In Pantura, 58 Thousand Residents Of The Clean Water Crisis

Illustration of drought in NTB (ANTARA)

CIREBON - The Cirebon Regency Government stated that its territory was the worst area to experience a drought in the North Coast (Pantura) area of West Java.

The Cirebon Regency Disaster Management Agency (BPBD)'s Young Expert Sub-Coordinator, Juwanda, stated that the working area had not been raining for the past three months.

As a result, Cirebon Regency is the dryest area compared to other areas in the Pantura area, West Java.

"Until mid-September, Cirebon has not yet rained. We are worried that the number of affected villages will continue to expand," said Juwanda in his statement, Thursday, September 21.

The Cirebon Regency BPBD noted that the drought that occurred made it difficult for 58,728 residents to get clean water.

Based on this data, tens of thousands of residents who had difficulty getting clean water were in 15 villages from 9 sub-districts.

The villages are Karanganyar Village (Panguragan District), Dukuh (Kapetakan District), Girinata (Dupantang District), Slamit (Klangenan District), Sampiran (Talung District), Gempol (Gempol District), Karanganyar (Gangwareng District), and Seuseupan (Karangwareng).

Then, Windu Haji Village (Sedong District), Karangwuni (Sedong District), Sedong Kidul and Sedong Lor (Sedong District), Windujaya (Sedong District), Sibubut (Gegesik District), Mundu Pesisir (Mundu District).

In addition, the Cirebon Regency Government also proposed to the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) to prepare a scenario for modification of the weather or artificial rain in Cirebon Regency.

Secretary of the Cirebon Regency Agriculture Service, Nanang Ruhyana, said that Cirebon Regency had never rained in the last two months.

As a result, about 545 hectares of rice fields and 6,034.5 hectares of other hectares have the potential to experience drought and inhibit productivity.

"We have written a letter to BRIN regarding the proposal for artificial rain," said Nanang.