Entering Kemarau, 200 Clean Water Tanks Are Provided To Help Drought Residents In Central Lombok NTB

Illustration of drought in NTB (ANTARA)

PRAYA - The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Central Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) has prepared 200 tanks of clean water to help communities experiencing water shortages in the dry season 2023. "Clean water assistance is ready, whenever residents need clean water to be distributed," said Head of Central Lombok BPBD, H Ridwan Ma'ruf in Praya, Tuesday. Based on information from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) the dry season has been in progress but currently the rain is still happening. So that residents who apply for clean water assistance are not so much. "Although there is still a lot of rain, there are still residents who ask for clean water as in East Praya District," he said. He said, even though the rain still occurs, water in the residents well also exists that is dry and there is also that cannot be utilized, because it is exposed to flooding. So for clean water assistance it is still provided to help the community. "The residents' well is not dry, but the water is dirty, so they ask for clean water assistance," he said. To anticipate the clean water drought in the dry season, the drill well program continues to be encouraged, however there are still residents who lack clean water. So his party hopes that the bore well program is enhanced, so that the quality of residents can get clean water. "The citizens in all villages already have drilled wells, but the demand for clean water remains," he said. Previously, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) stated, early early 2023 dry season in the West Nusa Tengg region (NTB) is expected to occur. The southern and central part of West West Lombok, a small fraction of western and southern Lombok. Then in a small part of western, western Sumbawa, western Sumbawa, western part of West Sumbawa, southern part. Furthermore, a small fraction of the southern Nusa, Nuga Putrantijo. Meanwhile, southern Aprilian I covers central, central and eastern East Lombok in the southern part and eastern parts as well as a small fraction of central West Lombok, a small fraction of western and southern Lombok. Then in a small part of western and southern part of western Sumb

In April the second basic covers a small part of central North Lombok, a small part of eastern West Lombok, parts of central and southern Lombok, parts of southern West Lombok. "Some of Sumbawa in the north, south and center, small parts of eastern and northern Sumbawa, a small part of southern Dompu, a small part of northern Dompu, and parts of the upper part of the central and northern parts of Bima," he said.