Grobogan Flood, Jebol River Embankment At Four Points

The Tuntang River Embankment that broke near the Tuntang Suspension Bridge on the border of Demak Regency and Gubug District, Grobogan Regency, Central Java. (ANTARA/Akhmad Nazaruddin Lathif)

GROBOGAN - BPBD Grobogan Regency, Central Java, recorded the number of embankments that collapsed which resulted in flooding in four points spread across several locations.

"Among them, the Tuntang River is located at three points starting from Kemiri Village (Gubug District), then at the Glapan Dam and near the Tuntang Bridge. Meanwhile, one point is in the Cabean River," said Head of Emergency BPBD Grobogan Masrikan Regency as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, February 6.

As a result of this incident, residents' houses and rice fields were submerged. He revealed that there were actually many embankments, but the condition was quite severe at four points.

Apart from the four points where the embankment broke, it was recorded that there was a broken embankment in the Jragung River in the Demak Regency area, but those affected by the flood were residents of Tegowanu District, Grobogan Regency.

Until now, he said, the data collection stage is still to find out whether there are other broken embankments. Including the number of villages affected by flooding, both residential and agricultural areas.

Sub-district Head of Gubug Bambang Suprihadi said that in his area there were residents who were forced to evacuate due to the flood caused by the broken embankment.

Among them, in Kemiri Village, Gubug District, which was the worst, so that some of its residents were evacuated on the second floor of the local mosque.

Of the three points of the embankment that broke down in Gubug District, he said, some broke down at Monday (5/2) at night and in the early hours of the morning.

For data, it is certain that the affected villages from 21 villages in Gubug District, said Bambang, are still waiting for reports from each village head.

"Temporary data there are dozens of villages, but they are still waiting for reports from village heads of each affected villages. Including settlements and rice fields that are also affected," he said.

As a result of the flooding that occurred in a number of areas, road access was disrupted. These include Jalan Raya Purwodadi-Gubug, Semarang-Grobogan, Grobogan-Salatiga, and Karangrayung-Jowangi.

The Grobogan Police also diverted traffic flow at the Gubug T-junction, for vehicles heading to Semarang via Gubug to another route that is safer from flooding.