Overcoming Floods In Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Kotim Regency Government Builds Katup And Drainage

The Regent of Kotim Halikinnor together with a number of regional officials checked the construction of a valve or tabatan in Sei Baamang, Friday (3/5/2024). (ANTARA/Devita Maulina)

KALTENG - The Regency Government (Pemkab) of East Kotawaringin (Kotim) in Central Kalimantan (Central Kalimantan) built a valve in the Sei Baamang flow in front of Jalan Pramuka or in front of the Jami Nur Qolbu Mosque as an effort to deal with flooding in Sampit City. "The goal is to control the flow of water that enters Sei Baamang and drainage on Jalan Pramuka," said Regent Halikinnor in Sampit, Friday 3 May, confiscated by Antara. So far, the flow of water at that location has been more towards Sei Baamang which is connected to the Semuatan River and the Penaringan River, causing the area around the river to be flooded. One of them, Sawahan Village which was affected is quite severe. With this valve later the PU service can take into account when it needs to be closed or opened, for example when high rainfall is temporarily closed so that the water flow leads to a considerable drainage on Pramuka Street, so as not to inundate the residents' settlements," he said.' In addition, the performance of amphibious excavators for normalization is also continuing. Currently Sei Baamang with a length of approximately 6.5 km has been normalized, then the turn of Sei Ketapang and other tributaries in the Mentawa Baru Ketapang District area to be normalized. Related to this, he asked the entire community to jointly maintain environmental cleanliness and drainage in their respective regions. Because, to overcome flooding requires the cooperation of all elements of the community. I ask for public awareness, because regardless of the government efforts in the midst of our limited budget, we still prioritize this, the community must participate. For example, if the river is clean, don't throw garbage there, let alone establish a building on it," said Halikinnor.

Meanwhile, in order to overcome flooding in the city, Halikinnor instructed all regional apparatus organizations to work together in a number of locations, including Jalan Pramuka, Jalan RA Kartini and Jalan Iskandar.This activity is to clean or normalize the tributaries and drainage so that the water flow can run smoothly to the Mentaya River. This follows up on inundation floods that had submerged a number of points in Sampit City, in the last few days, one of which was on Jalan RA Kartini.Flood in the city is allegedly due to high rainfall accompanied by river tides, as well as drainage channels that have not been optimal so that water cannot flow into the estuarine. Although it cannot be 100 percent preventing flooding, it is hoped that by normalization floods that inundate the inner city area can recede faster. However, when the local government has tried to normalize rivers and primary drainage, on the other hand, there are many secondary and tertiary drainages that are clogged. There are even those that are deliberately closed by unscrupulous residents for an exit between private buildings and roads, as is the case around Jalan RA Kartini.. "For that I have asked the relevant agencies to calculate the distance between the two rivers because at that location must be made a new drainage. Drainage is very important, because at that location the water does not flow, "he said.