It Took IDR 3 Billion To Rebuild The Sidomakmur Dam Which Was Destroyed By The Flood

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JAKARTA - The rebuilding of the Sidomakmur Dam in Mergowati Village, Temanggung Regency, which was damaged by the recent flooding requires a budget of around Rp. 3 billion.

"Because the required budget is quite large, while the budget of the Temanggung Regency Government is limited, we propose a budget to the BNPB," said Head of BPBD Temanggung Toifur Hadi, Thursday 30 June.

The Sidomakmur Dam on the Brangkongan River, which was built in 1972, collapsed on May 20, 2022 after being hit by a flood.

He conveyed that the function of the dam is vital to irrigate the fields in Mergowati and Karangtejo villages, Kedu sub-district covering an area of 135 hectares.

Toifur said that due to the collapse of the Sidomakmur Dam, hundreds of farmers in two villages who rely on irrigation from the dam are in danger of not being able to cultivate their agricultural land.

For emergency handling, his party together with the villagers have made gabions, but these gabions are temporary and if at any time there is a flood they can burst again.

"After that incident, we coordinated with the village to install gabions so that water could flow into the irrigation canal, but this is temporary and in the future a permanent dam must be built, so we submitted a budget to the center," said Toifur quoted from Antara.