A Number Of Demak Flood Victims Return To Their Homes, PUPR Still Strengthening Broken Embankments

The Hamlet area of Kedung Banteng, Wonorejo Village, Karanganyar District, Demak Regency, Central Java, on Sunday (24/3/2024). (ANTARA/Akhmad Nazaruddin Lathif)

Demak Regency residents began to return to their respective homes after the floods that had submerged their settlements began to recede following the handling of the embankment of the collapse of the Wulan River and Bugel River. Toha, a resident of Wonorejo Village, Karanganyar District, Demak Regency, Sunday, admitted that he deliberately returned home to clean up his house after the flood began to recede. East Pantura Demak-Kudus road, he said, was also able to be passed, although only one section of the road was still inundated quite high. It's just that, he said, the road to his house was still inundated. He hopes that after his house was cleaned and the flood completely receded, especially access in Kedung Banteng Hamlet also recededed, then he and his family could immediately occupy the house without having to clean up.Hayuk, another Wonorejo Village resident admitted that he did not evacuate because his two-story house could still be occupied as a temporary place during the flood. "I have also prepared a stock of food ingredients, so that without having to evacuate he was able to meet the needs of food for the family," he said. Demak Flood Emergency Management Integrated Command Lt. Col.

Hal itu terjadi, kata dia, karena penanganan tanggul jebol, baik di Sungai Wulan maupun Sungai Bugel di Godong, Kecamatan Grobogan sudah ditutup, termasuk Saluran Induk Klambu Kiri di Desa Ngemplik Wetan.

Currently, the Directorate General of Water Resources of the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) through the River Basin Center (BBWS) is carrying out the evacuation so that the embankment does not collapse again. "Currently, BBWS is still strengthening the previously broken embankment," he said.