Rainy Season, There Are Three Flood-Prone Points In Two Districts Of Bogor City

The Acting Mayor of Bogor reviewed three flood-prone points in Bogor City (doc. West Java Provincial Government).

JAKARTA - Two locations located in Tanah Sareal District, namely RW 04 Kedung Waringin and RW 08 Mekarwangi Village, as well as one location in Tegal Gundil Village, North Bogor District, are flood-prone points in Bogor City.

Floods that often occur in these areas because they are adjacent to swamps and contours resembling basins.

The Rawa is the path of rainwater. Thus, the water flowing into the swamp enters the houses of residents not far from the swamp.

"I visited the points that are subject to flooding, as well as many other points that we need to pay attention to."

"However, what I monitored and reviewed was that it was repeated (often floods)," said Acting Mayor of Bogor, Hery Antasari, on the West Java Provincial Government website.

"The locations should have become retention ponds or reservoirs, as well as to accommodate flooding."

"Well, it turns out that there are also residents in that location. It is the residents who are affected by the flood," he said again.

In the future, said Hery, this will be a concern, both at the city level and at the regional elements, technical services, and related regional apparatus, to re-tune existing studies so that they are proposed to the Development Plan Deliberation (Musrenbang).

In an effort to perfect the study, efforts have been made for medium and long-term handling, such as building a retention pond or reservoir. So, in the future, flood management in the area must be a common concern.

Meanwhile, for the emergency response, Hery emphasized that the area should continue to monitor the condition of residents and assist school children who were damaged by the flood so that children's education would not be disrupted and continue to run.

Regarding the occurrence of flooding, Hery, who has a scientific background in the field of urban planning, explained that in principle, thousands of years ago had not changed.

The environment has also not changed so that water flows from upstream or higher places to the lowlands or basins according to existing contours.

Even though the face of the earth has changed, it is caused by disasters, such as volcanic eruptions and so on.

"Meanwhile, the water passes according to the route that has been passed since thousands of years ago. However, finally there is an fostered environment, namely humans, who live there, build houses, and so on."

"So, this natural water flow, natural water bodies, shrinks, narrows, there is sedimentation," said Hery.

In addition, changes in land use procedures upstream cause a lot of water to enter the canal without absorbing upstream, thereby increasing the water discharge.

So, according to Hery, a combination of extreme weather, increased water discharge, limited water bodies, and people's culture that may contribute to such behavior of littering due to not being able to accommodate water discharge, especially when entering extreme weather.

The medium and long-term solution to overcome flooding, said Hery, is the normalization of channels, making reservoirs, or by reorganizing river boundaries.

"As for the arrangement of the river border, making reservoirs, or retention ponds, yes, there must be land that is acquired," he said.