Jokowi Ensures Closing Of Broken Embankments In Demak Rampung Today

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said the process of closing the Wulan River embankment in Dukuh Norowito, Ngemplik Wetan Village, Karanganyar District, Demak Regency, Central Java Province (Central Java), was completed no later than Friday, March 22, 2024.

"Earlier I asked the Minister of Public Works (Public Works) who had been beaten. We hope that tonight or tomorrow it will be able to close," said President Jokowi after watching a soccer match at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (GBK) Jakarta reported by ANTARA, Thursday, March 21.

He said the collapsed embankment position triggered an abundance of water in a very large discharge and had triggered flooding in a number of local areas.

"Indeed, the water is very large," said President Jokowi.

When asked about his plans to review the location of the flood, President Jokowi only nodded.

The President said that the flood which caused around 24,436 residents of Demak Regency to evacuate had been responded to quickly by the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) together with related parties.

President Jokowi said that the incident of the broken embankment was the second time this had occurred after the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) succeeded in handling the closure of the first embankment leakage.

"The first time the PUPR Ministry was also live, the second was also working for three full days, then closed, then broke the second," said President Jokowi.

Specifically for the second time the embankment broke, President Jokowi said that the handling process was carried out from day to night so that it would be closed immediately.

"Indeed, the rain, the intensity, is very high," said Jokowi.