Cianjur Difficulty Accessing Clean Water, Regency Government Asks Perumdam And PMI To Intervene

Cianjur residents have difficulty getting clean water (Doc. ANTARA)

CIANJUR - A number of sub-districts in Cianjur, West Java are still having difficulty accessing clean water. The Cianjur Regency Government also instructed Perumdam and PMI Cianjur to provide services until an indefinite time limit.

Acting Regent of Cianjur Tb Mulyana Syachrudin in Cianjur, Sunday said that although most areas in Cianjur have started to rain, the intensity is not yet high, making it difficult for some areas prone to drought to get clean water.

"We have instructed Perumdam and PMI Cianjur who have clean water tanks to provide services according to the request with a maximum range," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, October 27.

In order to anticipate the long term, he said, his party through the Cianjur Settlement and Land Housing Office, added to the construction of new drilling wells in a number of sub-districts that are still affected by the dry season, such as in Haurwangi and Cugenang sub-districts.

"We still get many reports of difficulties for residents to get clean water, such as in Haurwangi, Cugenang, Karangtengah, Mande and Cikalongkulon sub-districts, since the last few days," he said.

To meet the needs of residents in a number of sub-districts, he said, his party had asked the Cianjur Disperkimtan to collect data and mapping to build additional bore wells in a number of areas that were routinely affected by the dry season.

As for the quick handling, his party asked Perumdam Cianjur and PMI Cianjur to distribute clean water by tank trucks to affected areas, so as to ease the burden on residents who have to walk up to 5 kilometers to get clean water.

Head of PMI Cianjur Ajang Headquarters Fajar Aciana, said that for the past week his party had distributed more than 35 thousand liters of clean water to a number of sub-districts that were still affected by the dry season, such as Haurwangi, Karangtengah and Cugenang sub-districts.

Even clean water services will continue to be provided in accordance with the indefinite demand determined to coordinate with Perumdam Cianjur, so that all requests can be served to ease community difficulties.

"Over the past week we have served the needs of residents in three sub-districts affected by drought, per two days we distribute more than 10 thousand liters of clean water," he said.