The Story Of A Resident Of Kohod Tangerang Village, Productive Land Lost Due To Abrasion

Fishermen use boats passing near the sea fence on Anom Beach, Kohod Village, Tangerang Regency, Banten. (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Abrasion or land acquisition in coastal areas due to sea current waves has reached a critical stage, because many productive land has been lost.

This condition has occurred since 2000.

The real impact of this abrasion has also been felt in the coastal area of Tangerang.

Kohod Village, Pakuhaji District, Tangerang, Banten, is a silent witness to the impact of sea abrasion which further haunts the lives of local residents.

This area used to be a residence for many families who depend on the sea and the pond.

However, now the land they live in is increasingly eroded by time and nature.

Head of RT 06 Kejason 11, Kohod Village, Pakuhaji District, Tangerang, Banten, Rudianto (35) said that abrasion began to occur in his area.

He said, the pond divides the land and the oceans in the region, now it has eroded and become an ocean.

In fact, he continued, empang belonging to residents who used to stand firmly not far from the beach now have to move far from the sea, away from the threat of water getting closer.

"For empang, the limit used to be, if I'm not mistaken, that's what the benchmark is there (pointing a pile of bamboo), the middle one. That's empang," he told reporters, written on Sunday, January 26.

Rudianto said, if pulled back, since the 2,000s of sea water began to push further to the mainland, even threatening the existence of empang which was once the foundation of the lives of some residents.

In fact, he continued, nearly 1 kilometer (km) which used to be land, has now completely turned into sea water.

"Water has started here, because of the abrasion near the pond," he said.

As a result, continued Rudianto, most residents who have ponds choose not to take care of them anymore.

This is because residents feel anxious if later they have to be evicted by sea water that continues to move forward.

For your information, Abrasi on the coast of Tangerang has happened for a long time. The Tangerang Regency Government noted that from 1995 to 2015, approximately 579 hectares (ha) of land, aka land, were lost due to abrasion.

Many factors have resulted in abrasion, including the opening of mangrove forest land to be used as ponds.

Separately, the Head of the DKI Jakarta Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), Isnawa Adji asked local governments to be aware of the rice disaster that continues to haunt the coastal areas of Java.

Moreover, the Meteoroligi, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has warned about the threat of coastal flooding (rob) that will hit coastal areas until the end of January 2025.

"The north coastal area of DKI Jakarta is advised to anticipate the impact of the maximum tide of sea water which has the potential for coastal flooding," he said.

Not only Jakarta, Iswana said the potential for tidal flooding also threatens the north coastal area (Pantura) of Tangerang Regency until the end of January 2025.

Therefore, he reminded the public, especially coastal residents, to continue to be on standby and follow directions from the authorities.

"According to BMKG predictions, it is still a northern coastal area that is prone to flooding in the 2025 rainy season," he said.