Trenggalek Kebut Pemulihan Infrastruktur Pascabanjir Bandang Munjungan

Trenggalek Regent M. Nur Arifin while reviewing the process of restoring the impact of the disaster at Munjungan Trenggalek ANTARA/HO-Prokopim Trenggalek

TRENGGALEK - The Trenggalek Regency Government, East Java, continues to accelerate the acceleration of the environmental recovery process, especially those related to infrastructure, after the flash flood disaster that hit several villages in Munjungan District. "Yes, this is the recovery process ongoing. I apologize to the residents, hopefully the residents can be patient. We will recover quickly," said Trenggalek Regent Mochammad Nur Arifin while reviewing the process of recovering from the impact of flash floods in Munjungan Village, Antara, Sunday, April 28. The implementation of the recovery process involves various stakeholders to help the community, ranging from BPBD, PUPR Service, BBWS to BAZNAS in the context of handling a number of infrastructures that were reportedly damaged by the flood. "Then the PPPA Social Service and its volunteers Tagana in distributing basic necessities, as well as other treatments such as public kitchens and all kinds of things we thank. Hopefully this can help the affected communities," he added. The recovery process is as soon as possible, continued Mas Ipin, it is hoped that it will soon revive the economy of the people who are paralyzed by the flash flood. Although there were no casualties, the flash flood was reported to have damaged a number of infrastructures to residents' homes. "Hopefully his condition will recover as soon as possible," he said. To note, the Munjungan District area was hit by flash floods on April 19. From a number of areas, the worst conditions occurred in Munjungan Village. There were three houses and a mosque was damaged. Luckily, the incident did not result in any casualties. "Alhamdulillah, there were no fatalities. Because when the water looks big, people evacuate. Thursday (18/4) at around 21.00 WIB there was heavy rain, then around 01.00 WIB (Friday) the flash floods arrived. At that time the community was on standby to refer to the previous flood incident," said the Head of Munjungan Village, Agus Setiawan. From the results of the overall identification of the Trenggalek BPBD on the Menak Sopal Earth, the hydrometeorological disaster on April 18-19 resulted in dozens of houses being damaged. There are as many as 46 houses affected by landslides in 13 villages from six sub-districts and four houses and a mosque damaged by the flood. Reportedly, as many as 591 houses in 18 villages from 8 affected sub-districts. This number does not include other impacts such as damage to social facilities and public facilities to the collapse of the economy due to temporary disconnection of connectivity due to landslides that close road access.

After the incident, joint officers continued to make recovery efforts. "We represent the people of Munjungan Village, thank you for the attention of all stakeholders. Especially to the regents who are alert through TAPD who have gone to the location," he said.