Ask Selagan Embankment To Be Repaired, Mukomuko Residents To The Regency Government: Don't Just Take Photos At The Location

The condition of the Selagan River embankment in Pondok Batu Village, Mukomuko Regency which broke down due to river erosion, Wednesday (20/11/2024) ANTARA/Ferri.

JAKARTA - The Selagan River water safety embankment, Pondok Batu Village in Mukomuko Regency, which has broken down has not yet been repaired.

Local residents asked the Mukomuko Regency Government through the Sumatra VII Bengkulu River Basin Center (BWS) to move to repair it, not just looking at the location.

"We hope that soon the government will pay attention to improving it, not just taking photos at that location," said Head of Pondok Batu Village, Joni Susandra in Mukomuko, Bengkulu, Wednesday, November 20, as reported by Antara.

He said that the Mukomuko Regency Government together with the Sumatra VII Bengkulu BWS had checked the condition of the broken embankment but had not yet been built.

Joni added that so far the embankment has served to hold river water from entering residential areas and decide on access to provincial roads in this area.

"If there is no embankment, then the effect is that one hamlet is flooded and road access is automatic one by one and the road is broken," he said.

He said that if the traffic was cut off, where else residents would go out and enter this village. In addition to the embankment, he said, the provincial road bridge is also threatened with breaking due to the erosion of the Selagan River.

Previously, the Head of the PUPR Office, Mukomuko Apriansyah, said that on Sunday, November 18, his party had documented the embankment and sent it to the Head of BWS Sumatra VII Bengkulu.

His party asked the Sumatra VII Bengkulu BWS to repair the broken Selagan River water safety embankment in Pondok Batu Village, Mukomuko City District.

Then his party has also coordinated with the local village head (kades) and asked them to submit a proposal to repair the broken embankment to the BWS Sumatra VII Bengkulu.

For the construction of the embankment permanently in 2024, he said, there may not be a budget slot.

Meanwhile, the erosion of the Selagan River threatens provincial roads as well as bridges. After the bridge collapsed and an emergency bridge was built until now there has been no permanent bridge construction.