37 Districts In Bogor Affected By Drought

Graphics of drought-affected areas in Bogor Regency, West Java, in the period May 3-20 September 2023. (ANTARA/HO-BPBD Bogor Regency)

BOGOR - The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Bogor Regency, West Java, recorded that 37 of the 40 sub-districts in its area were affected by drought from 3 May-20 September 2023.

"Drought in Bogor Regency, which has reached 92.5 percent, is spread across 164 villages/kelurahan with a total of 98,025 family cards (KK) or 335,901 people," said Emergency and Logistics Staff at BPBD Bogor Jalaludin Regency, reported by ANTARA, Thursday, September 21.

He revealed that the three sub-districts that have not been affected by drought are Cileungsi, Ciseeng and Tajurhalang.

Jalal said that during this dry season, the Bogor Regency BPBD and several other institutions had distributed 2,960,000.000 liters of clean water aid to people whose areas were affected by drought.

Meanwhile, Bogor Regent Iwan Setiawan asked the people in his area not to panic about the impact of drought, because the Bogor Regency Government is ready to provide assistance in the form of clean water.

"The local government is ready to meet the need for clean water for community washing and washing activities (MCK), I ask the public not to panic, we will quickly distribute water supply," said Iwan.

He said first aid for the provision of clean water for people affected by drought was routinely carried out through collaboration between BPBD, Disdamkar, PMI, Perumda Tirta Kahuripan and private companies.

The distribution of clean water is carried out based on the public's request through the emergency response call center for drought, which is centered in the Bogor Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD).

"This is our commitment to optimize the handling of drought in Bogor Regency. Water discharge in the Cisadane River is also still good to meet the needs of clean water for the community," he explained.

In addition to carrying out short-term handling, the Bogor Regency Government also plans to create water torens in several drought-prone areas as an effort to handle the long term.

Then, the Bogor Regency Government scheduled the construction of 17 bore wells in several sub-districts in the near future.

The drilling well manufacturing program sourced from the 2023 APBD of Bogor Regency will be implemented at 13 points, while there are still four other points sourced from special allocation funds (DAK).