Requirements To Build A Home In Surabaya: Must Have A Water Line 30-60 Centimeters Wide

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JAKARTA - The Surabaya City Government (Pemkot) requires the construction of houses in the City of Heroes, East Java, to have a water channel at least 30-60 centimeters wide. As an effort to overcome flooding and damaged roads, one of them.

"I hope that residents, village heads, and sub-district heads, if the village is flooded, each house has an obligation to make a channel of 60 centimeters. But there are currently less than 60 centimeters," said Surabaya Mayor Eri Cahyadi in Surabaya, Monday, February 27, as reported by Antara.

According to him, in overcoming floods and damaged roads in Surabaya, it is not only the task of the Surabaya City Government, but also the joint task of the people of Surabaya.

If there are still channels in the village that are 10-20 centimeters wide, he continued, then they can be dismantled together, then the Surabaya City Government can help build new channels to 60 centimeters.

"Where does the money come from? Yes, not all from the APBD, later maybe 30 percent from the residents, 70 percent from us. That way, residents will own each other and protect the environment," said Cak Eri, his nickname.

He emphasized that residents should not depend on the problem of flooding on the government completely, because each house has an obligation to build a channel as wide as 60 centimeters.

Cak Eri said that in Surabaya there are 60 percent of houses whose channels are less than 60 centimeters and the average is in densely populated houses.

"If it is torn down, it is impossible because it has been there for decades. For example, like in the Petemon area, the only road is made a channel in the middle of the road," he said.

Not only a channel case, Cak Eri also reminded residents about access to village roads. When there is a damaged road, he said, it can report to the city government within 24 hours through the Wargaku application, or Whatsapp group (WAG) of the Communication Forum in which there are RT, RW, sub-district head, lurah, mayor, and head of service.

"If the road has been repaired, when there is a truck with a heavy tonnage, don't let it enter. Let's join Jogo Kuto iki (together with guarding this city), don't let a truck enter the village and stay silent, even though the road is damaged, yo no. and (yes, I won't fix it)," he said.

Although lately there are still puddles in the village and several damaged village roads, he appreciates the residents of Surabaya for doing community service together. With the Surabaya program moving every weekend, Cak Eri wants residents to consistently protect his village, so that there will be no more puddles after the rain.

"Please protect the village, don't let the government work. If you build a house, the channel is at least 30 centimeters, if the area is densely populated, it's 60 centimeters. If there is no channel, then where do you want to throw the water when it rains," he said.