Not Wanting To Take Risks, The Garut Regency Government Evacuates Residents On The Banks Of The River To Avoid The Danger Of Flooding

A number of residents prepare refugee camps in Karangtengah District, Garut Regency, West Java. (ANTARA/HO-Diskominfo Garut)

GARUT - The Government of Garut Regency, West Java, has prepared a place to evacuate residents whose houses are located on the banks of rivers in Karangtengah and Sukawening sub-districts, in order to avoid the danger of flooding.

"We don't want to take any risks, before it's safe, those on the riverbanks will evacuate first," said Garut Regent Rudy Gunawan in Garut, Monday, November 29.

He conveyed that he had set an emergency response for seven days to deal with areas affected by flash floods in the two sub-districts.

Efforts have been made, he said, by preparing a refugee camp at the Sports Building (GOR) in Karangtengah Subdistrict, then supplying basic necessities, including mattresses for residents to sleep in while evacuating.

"Mattress assistance is used for emergency conditions," he said, as quoted by Antara.

The regent acknowledged that Garut Regency had a threat of hydrometeorological disaster which had previously been warned by the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), namely the high intensity of rain so that there was the potential for flooding and landslides. various agencies, then repairing infrastructure such as the current flash flood causing damage.

"We are currently taking concrete steps, including anticipating things related to aftershocks, secondly, we repair infrastructure," he said.

Floods in Sukawening and Karangtengah occurred after heavy rains flushed the Garut area and then the river overflowed, Saturday, November 27 afternoon.

Luckily, the disaster did not cause any casualties, only hundreds of houses submerged, and one unit of the house was swept away by the flood currents.