Mataram City Prepares 100 Percent Free Path Of Falling Trees, How?

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JAKARTA - The Mataram City Environment Agency, West Nusa Tenggara, will create a safe and tree-free pilot route as an alternative road for the community during extreme weather, so as to provide a sense of security and comfort when crossing the route.

"For the points of the path free of fallen trees, at this time we are still conducting surveys on a number of roads," said Secretary of the Mataram City Environment Service (DLH) Irwansyah in Mataram, Friday, November 5.

Quoted from Antara, the survey that needs to be carried out to determine a road to be a safe path free of fallen trees, among others, ensures that the trees along the road are trees that are still good or not porous, strong, and have good roots.

"We have a lot of big trees on our roads but they are prone to falling, such as trembesi trees. Although this type of tree is large, its trunks and branches are prone to breaking," he said.

In addition, to establish a path free of fallen trees, his party will also coordinate with related parties including the Public Works and Spatial Planning Service (PUPR), as well as the Transportation Service.

"The goal is that the determination of the path free of fallen trees is also accompanied by free of other potential disasters. For example, puddles, floods or traffic accidents," he said.

Irwan said the idea to create a path free of fallen trees was initiated by the Head of the Environment Agency, HM Kemal Islam, who wanted people to feel safe and comfortable when doing outdoor activities during extreme weather.

"The routes that we will designate as free of fallen trees can be an alternative route for the community as an effort to avoid disasters," he said.

Referring to the number of fallen trees during the extreme weather in the last two weeks, Irwan said the incident was still under 10 trees.

"We have handled everything with a team from BPBD and PUPR. Most of these fallen trees are triggered by moist soil and poor roots," he said.

To anticipate fallen trees, before entering the rainy season, the LH Department actively performs resection. Even today, the slinging activities are still ongoing to reduce the weight of the trees.

"Hopefully, with this trimming can reduce the potential for a fallen tree disaster," he said.