Prevent Floods, West Java Provincial Government Evaluation Of Bekasi, Bogor And Karawang Spatial Planning

KARAWANG - The West Java Provincial Government evaluates spatial planning in its area as an effort to maintain regional balance and prevent natural disasters from getting worse in Bekasi, Bogor, and Karawang.

West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi said that the West Java Provincial Government had prepared a flood disaster management program in a number of areas in the province.

He stated that he would mobilize all resources to overcome disaster problems that often occur in various regions in West Java.

The loss of green open space, forest areas, and rice fields is said to be the main cause of flooding in this area. Therefore, his party will conduct a thorough spatial evaluation.

"Next Tuesday there will be a coordination meeting with regents and mayors throughout West Java with the Minister of ATR/BPN to evaluate spatial planning. Including the loss of the most abundant water catchment area, green area, and rice fields in West Java," he said. Dedi emphasized that land conversion activities in the West Java region must be stopped immediately in order to maintain ecosystem balance and prevent further disasters.

In addition, he emphasized that handling floods or other disasters should not only stop at providing basic food assistance to affected residents.

Assistance for residents affected by flooding should not only be in the form of basic necessities, but there must be concrete steps so that this disaster does not continue to repeat itself in the future," he said.

Regarding floods that often occur in residential areas, Dedi stated that he would conduct an audit of developers who claimed their projects were flood-free during marketing, but in fact experienced flooding after being inhabited, even up to a height of two meters.

Many houses were promised flood-free, but in reality the floods reached two meters. I will audit everything," he said.

The audit is considered important to ascertain whether environmental impact analysis, particularly related to flood control by housing developers, has been carried out correctly or there has been an error.