There Is Drainage Sabotage Closed With Sacks That Make The Old Fertile Alley Flood Medan Maimun Long Recede

DOK. Mayor of Medan Bobby Nasution monitors flood-affected residents in Medan, Monday (28/2/2022). (ANTARA/HO-Diskominfo Medan City)

MEDAN - Allegations of sabotage of drainage channels in Medan Maimun, Medan City, North Sumatra, have emerged. Drainage sabotage by being covered with sacks made the flooding of the Subur Lama alley in Medan Maimun not subside.

The Acting Head of the Medan Maimun Sub-district, Andy Mario Siregar, inspected and directly handled the drainage sewer that was closed by criminals which caused flooding on Jalan Brigjend Katamso Gg. Fertile Lama on February 28-4 March.

The blockage in this channel is said to have been intentional by unscrupulous persons to have caused inundation for 5 days. Residents' activities were also disrupted.

Hearing residents' complaints, Plt. The sub-district head of Medan Maimun accompanied by the Lurah and Kepling through the PPPSU immediately removed the blockage and carried out flood extraction in the area.

As previously reported, the Medan City Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) said that as many as 56 kelurahan in 14 sub-districts were affected by flooding and poor drainage management in this area.

"In addition, as a result of the current flood, 4,306 family heads were evacuated to the village head office, schools and places of worship," said Medan City BPBD Head, M Husni, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, March 2.

The Medan City Government together with non-departmental government agencies, he continued, have established evacuation posts to save flood-affected residents due to their houses being submerged in water.