Based On Bobby Nasution's Instructions, The Public Works Department Mormalizes A 400-meter AMD Trench To Overcome The Medan Marelan Flood

One unit of heavy equipment is normalizing the AMD Trench in the Village of Falls, Medan (13/4/2022). (Diskominfo Medan City)

MEDAN - The Public Works Agency (PU) of Medan City, North Sumatra, normalized the 400-meter AMD Trench to deal with flooding in the Medan Marelan area.

"We have normalized the AMD Trench leading to the Badera River from 400 meters of sediment and garbage," said Head of the Medan City Public Works Agency, Typhoon Obaja Putra Ginting in Medan, Thursday, April 14.

The majority of the sediment is mud and garbage in the AMD Trench, he continued, in a condition that has accumulated which has hampered the flow of water when heavy rains fell in Medan Marelan.

This condition resulted in from Market 1 to Market 4 in the western part of Marelan frequent puddles of up to 50 centimeters, even more when the intensity of rain was high.

"Now if it rains, the puddles are only around Pasar 3 Marelan. Even then, the receding is fast, because the flow downstream to the Badera River is already smooth," he said.

For information, since it was built in 2005, the AMD Trench which is connected to the Bedera River has never been normalized so that the Marelan area is always flooded when it rains heavily.

"Our normalization work is carried out for eight days, and this will be carried out routinely in anticipation of the clogged AMD Trench," he explained.

Regarding the Medan Urban Development Project (MUDP) channel, his party has raised the floodgate to two meters from the previous one only one meter below the Denai Bridge, Medan Denai.

"Until now, work is still underway at several locations within the MUDP drainage. The impact of the location being inundated when it rains, is now no longer happening and the water is running smoothly," said Topan.