Three Hours Of Rain, Protocol Roads And Residents' Houses In Palembang Are Submerged

Rainwater inundates residential roads in Sekip Dam, Palembang (ANTARA/Yudi Abdullah/22)

PALEMBANG - A number of residential areas and several protocol roads in the city of Palembang, South Sumatra were again submerged by 50 centimeters of flooding due to heavy rains that lasted several hours on Monday, January 17 in the afternoon until the afternoon.

Heavy rain in Palembang City which lasted for about three hours caused drainage, retention ponds and tributaries of the Musi River to overflow and inundate several residential areas and protocol roads.

Residential areas that were flooded, including the Sekip area, Demang Lebar Daun, Force 66, Simanjuntak and Dwikora roads, as well as several protocol roads, such as in the Soekarno Hatta area, Basuki Rahmad, R Sukamto, and Jalan Mayor Ruslan.

The rain water that inundated several protocol roads and residential areas caused traffic to experience a long traffic jam, and many two- and four-wheeled vehicles broke down, because the engine was caught in water.

A resident of the Dwikora area, Nurhanah, said that it had been raining for a long time earlier this week and inundated the access road to her residence.

Puddles of rain water are common, but this is the second time he has entered the house, seeing this condition he hopes that the Mayor of Palembang Harnojoyo cares about the environment and makes a better flood control program, so that when heavy rains fall, it does not cause puddles of water. every where.

Previously, the Mayor of Palembang, Harnojoyo, said that based on information from the BMKG, the intensity of rainfall in January 2022 was quite high.

To anticipate the occurrence of rainwater puddles in a number of residential areas and protocol roads that are classified as flood-prone. He seeks to repair waterways, dredging rivers, and intensively carry out mutual cooperation activities to clean the environment from garbage and wild plants.

To anticipate flooding, his party has alerted a team that from time to time overcomes puddles in a number of flood-prone areas.