Reduce Jabodetabek Floods, Government Add Weather Modification Operations
Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Empowerment (Menko PMK) Pratikno said the government would immediately prepare additional weather modification operations (OMC) to reduce rainfall in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi or Jabodetabek.
"We also add to the weather modification operation. Because this is a flood, this problem is also in shipments from upstream, also in the downstream itself it also continues to rain, yes, in the Jabodetabek area, so this must reduce rainfall. Rainfall is reduced," said Pratikno. met at the Presidential Palace Complex Jakarta, Tuesday 4 March, confiscated by Antara.
Pratikno said OMC would later be carried out by the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) and the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).
In particular, Pratikno said that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government could also add further modifications to its area, because it was one of the areas affected by flooding that was quite serious due to the intensity of heavy rains in recent times.
According to Pratikno, OMC will be carried out until the second week of March 2025 because based on the BMKG forecast, heavy rainfall will continue to occur until that period.
"So until the beginning of the second week the situation was still raining and it was thought to be heavy. Therefore, we will try to reduce (the intensity of the rain), reduce it," said Pratikno.
SEE ALSO:
In addition to taking steps to increase OMC, the government is also focusing on saving people affected by providing food and health services.
Not only evacuating the community, the government is also focused on improving public facilities such as houses of worship and roads considering that the two facilities are very important at the 2025 Ramadan moment.
"Indeed, what we are currently handling is the handling quickly to save the community. Therefore, the evacuation was deployed. We have coordinated for the evacuation, what location needs help, we have coordinated," said Pratikno.