Rejang Lebong Regent Muhammad Fikri asked local residents to be on alert for the possibility of natural disasters in the area due to the extreme weather that has occurred recently.
"To all the sub-district heads, sub-district heads, and village heads, in areas prone to natural disasters such as floods and landslides, to be on alert, move quickly, and improve coordination with related OPD (Regional Device Organization)," said Fikri in Rejang Lebong, Bengkulu Province, Tuesday, quoted by Antara.
He explained that the high rainfall that fell in the Rejang Lebong Regency and its surroundings in recent weeks had caused flooding due to the overflow of rivers and drainage channels in a number of points in the area.
As for the location that is a flood-prone area, he said, a number of villages and villages that are crossed by the Air Duku River in the East Curup, Central Curup, Curup City and North Curup Districts, as well as the Musi River in Dusun Sawah Village in the North Curup District.
To anticipate the loss of life and help the affected residents, he has instructed BPBD, the Social Service, and Baznas, Rejang Lebong to prepare assistance and accompaniment.
He appealed to the community in 15 sub-districts not to throw away garbage indiscriminately and routinely carry out gotong-royong activities to clean the river, drainage channels to prevent siltation and narrowing of the channel.
Head of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Rejang Lebong M Budianto stated that his party had alerted the Rapid Response Team (TRC) and the Operations Control Center (Pusdalops). In addition, they also alerted BPBD volunteers spread across 156 villages/villages in 15 sub-districts.
In addition, BPBD Rejang Lebong has also deployed equipment in the form of two types of loaders and mini excavators, public kitchen cars, tanks, medicines, and ready-to-eat food.
According to him, the extreme weather in Rejang Lebong Regency in recent weeks in the form of rain with moderate to heavy intensity for a long time has the potential to cause flooding due to overflow of drainage and rivers, as well as landslides.
The people of Rejang Lebong Regency are urged to always increase their vigilance, especially for those who live in flood-prone areas and landslide-prone areas.
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