KARAWANG - Thousands of houses in a number of villages in Batujaya District, Karawang Regency, West Java were flooded due to overflowing rivers and irrigation canals in the area.
"The flooding was caused by clogged rivers and irrigation canals," said Head of the Karawang Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Yasin Nasrudin as quoted by Antara, Wednesday, January 19.
He explained that the rain that had occurred in Karawang for the past few days had caused the water in the irrigation canal to rise. Likewise with the flow of waste rivers, the condition of the water increases.
As a result of these conditions there was an overflow of water due to the condition of the waterways filled with garbage.
"We have appealed to the area to carry out community service to clean up, so that garbage does not block the flow of the river," he said.
Meanwhile, according to data collection carried out by the local sub-district, there are about 6,000 houses affected by flooding due to overflowing rivers and irrigation canals. The water level is reported to reach 10-30 centimeters.
In addition to the Batujaya sub-district, this Wednesday's flood was also reported to have occurred in the Rengasdengklok sub-district. The cause is the same, overflowing irrigation canals and rivers or sewers.
BPBD hopes that during the rainy season like now, residents activate mutual cooperation or community service to clean waterways in their respective areas.
This is important to overcome the accumulation of garbage in the river, so that the river water does not overflow, said Yasin Nasrudin.
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