Medan Was Hit By Floods When Bobby Nasution Started To Act, What Was The Problem?

Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution visits the flood location in Medan Tuntung, Tuesday, March 23 (DOK IST)

MEDAN - Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution faced the first flood in his leadership era. Before the flood came, Bobby Nasution had moved quickly to normalize the ditch to clean up the trash so that it would not obstruct the waterways.

The Medan floods occurred on Tuesday, March 23, following heavy rain. The location is in Tuntutan and Johor Districts.

Mayor Bobby Afif Nasution immediately observed the residents affected by the flood. There are even some houses that were flooded by about 40 cm. President Jokowi's son-in-law came with his wife Kahiyang Ayu to check the location of the flood.

"Floods are a problem that must be resolved as soon as possible. There are still many areas in Medan City where if it rains a little it will immediately flood", said Bobby Nasution.

According to Bobby Nasution, the flood in Medan occurred because of poor drainage. Because of this, Bobby ordered his apparatus to move quickly so that recurring flooding, aka classic, did not happen again.

"This is because the drainage channel is not running well, so this area is subject to flooding if it rains. I immediately asked the sub-district head to erect the ditch and clean the drainage in the area so that the floods can be resolved”, said Bobby Nasution.

The ditch normalization program in Medan was pushed by Bobby Nasution together with the deputy mayor of Medan Aulia Rachman. In several sub-districts, this program is being intensified. Heavy equipment was lowered.

Collaboration, the keyword echoed by Bobby Nasution for handling floods in Medan. This means that the Medan City Government still needs help from the local governments around it to work together to solve the root of the chronic flood problem.

This collaboration was initiated by Bobby Nasution by meeting representatives of the Deli Serdang Regency Government.

"Flooding is a big problem that can be resolved if there are good coordination and collaboration from all parties", said Bobby.

In the meeting, the Mayor and the Deli Serdang Regency Government agreed to cooperate in overcoming cleanliness, inundation, flooding, and other problems. Moreover, many areas of Medan are directly adjacent to Deli Serdang.

"I believe it will be good for both parties", said Bobby.

The tip of Bobby Nasution's breakthrough was to realize the Medan Tajir program, aka Medan Without Floods.

"Medan Tajir or Medan without flooding is one of the priority programs that Madam Aulia and I plan to solve the problem of flooding in the city of Medan. We ask for prayers and support so that both our intention to turn Medan into a city without flooding can be realized", said Bobby Nasution, Thursday, October 8 during the regional elections 2020.

The problem of the Medan City flood, according to Jokowi's son-in-law, has never been resolved. Therefore, the Medan Tajir program has become a priority program with the vice mayor of Medan, Aulia Rachman.

"To solve this flood requires collaboration between the Medan City Government, North Sumatra Provincial Government, and the Central government", said Bobby.