Ridwan Kamil's Appeal To Regents And Mayors: Standby One Rainy Season

JAKARTA - West Java Governor M Ridwan Kamil appealed to regents and mayors as well as the head of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) in West Java to be prepared for the rainy season so that all regions increase their preparedness for potential disasters. BPBD is on standby for this rainy season," said Ridwan Kamil at the Cikutra Heroes Cemetery (TMP), Bandung City, as reported by Antara, Wednesday, November 10. Kang Emil reported that the rainy season is expected to last until early 2022. There are two potential disasters when the rainy season, namely floods and landslides. "This is the rainy season until February-March, the rainy season usually results in two potential disasters, one flood that we often see, the second is landslides usually in sloping areas," he said. Kang Emil appealed to the public West Java maintains the cleanliness of waterways including ditches in the surrounding environment and does not litter the community, because some of the potential for flooding comes from garbage that clogs the culverts in the drains by garbage, let's keep it clean, reduce the potential for flooding with discipline," he said.

Kang Emil said, the government continues to try to reduce the potential for flooding by building flood control infrastructure. One of them is the Andir Retention Pool, which is planned to be completed in the next two months. he said. With flood control infrastructure, said Kang Emil, natural disasters will gradually decrease if the rainy season arrives. However, we should not be arrogant, however it is a natural phenomenon. But our endeavor is to reduce it with whatever programs and methods to overcome disasters," he said.