Padang BPBD Notes 3 Districts Experiencing Drought

Padang BPBD officers distribute clean water to residents who experience drought due to drought. BETWEEN/HO-BPBD Padang

The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Padang, West Sumatra (West Sumatra) said the drought had occurred in a number of locations in three sub-districts in the local city since Saturday, July 22 until now. "Based on our mapping, it is known that drought occurred in several locations spread across three sub-districts," said Padang BPBD Chief Executive Hendri Zulviton in Padang, Antara, Sunday, August 4. The three sub-districts are Lubuk Kilangan, South Padang, and Lubuk Begalung. In Lubuk Begalung, drought occurred in the Mustika III area, Berlian Raya III, and the Pegambiran Ampalu Nan XX Village Mosque with a total of 553 families (KK). In Lubuk District, the drought occurred in Padang Besi with the number of affected residents reaching 353 families. Meanwhile, residents on Jalan Belawan, Rawang, Barang Pambayan, and Bukit Gado-Gado sub-district experienced drought with the number of affected residents reaching 368 families. Hendri said that to overcome the drought experienced by the residents, his party has alerted personnel to distribute clean water every day. BPBD Padang noted that since Saturday (27/7) until now it has distributed more than 70 tons of water to residents affected by drought. He explained that the drought that occurred in a number of locations was the impact of the long dry season that occurred in Padang. "Until now, the Padang BPBD is still alerting personnel every day to serve residents who need clean water," he said. He stated that the mechanism to ask for the distribution of clean water for residents could report to the Head of the Neighborhood Association (RT) or Rukun Warga (RW) which was forwarded to the kelurahan then to BPBD. His party is still monitoring the latest developments from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) regarding weather conditions, but the peak of the dry season is predicted until August 2024.

BPBD Padang appealed to residents to save on water use in the middle of the current dry season. In addition, residents are also asked to pay attention to electrical installations, as well as objects or items that can ignite fires.