Mayor Bobby Nasution: Normalize AMD Trench To Prevent Floods In Medan Marelan

Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution found a damaged sluice gate in the AMD Trench, Waterfall Village, Medan, Wednesday (9/3/2022). ANTARA/HO-Diskominfo Medan City

MEDAN - The Mayor of Medan, North Sumatra, Bobby Nasution instructed the Public Works Agency (PU) to normalize the AMD Trench as much as possible to prevent flooding in the Medan Marelan area.

"Officers for handling public infrastructure and facilities (P3SU) Medan Marelan and the Medan City Public Works Agency must fully normalize this AMD trench," said Bobby Nasution in Medan as reported by Antara, Wednesday, March 9.

This was said by Bobby Nasution after seeing the cleaning of the AMD Trench on Speci Street, Terjun Village, Medan Marelan District accompanied by a number of OPD leaders related to riding ATV motorbikes.

This is because Bobby continued, the drainage and ditches in the Medan Marelan area are connected to the AMD Trench with the sewer empties into the Bedera River in this sub-district.

The mayor of Medan also briefly walked the AMD Trench to the Falls landfill (TPA). He found the floodgates were damaged, so the flow of water was blocked and triggered flooding.

It should be noted that the AMD Trench in the Terjun Village cannot be reached by car due to poor road access, while the AMD Trench is located right next to the Bedera River.

"Immediately repair the damaged floodgate. When it rains heavily, the flow of water becomes blocked. Of course, this is one of the causes of flooding," said Bobby Nasution.

Ahmad (57), a resident of Waterfall, briefly explained to the Mayor of Medan that the trigger for the flood in the Medan Marelan area was due to the AMD Trench not functioning to drain water.

According to him, the drainage and a number of ditches in Medan Marelan to the Bedera River have become shallow because they have never been normalized.

"Since it was built in 2005, the AMD trench has never been dredged, sir. That's why there are always floods. The AMD ditch that connects the Bedera River is clogged," said Ahmad, who once served as the sub-district head of Medan Belawan.