The PUPR Ministry Team Has Surveyed, The Medan Belawan Rob Flood Embankment Project Will Be Built Soon

MEDAN - The construction of embankments as an effort to overcome tidal flooding in the northern part of Medan, especially the District of Medan Belawan, will soon be realized.

The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) has conducted direct field surveys to ensure the stages of development that will be carried out.

This was revealed when Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution chaired a Field Review Report Meeting on Rob Floods in the Medan Belawan District area by the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR), Friday, August 12.

In addition to conveying the results of the field survey in the Medan Belawan District, the arrival of the group led by the Head of the Center for PUPR Infrastructure Development Region I Hari Suko Setiono also conveyed that the National Housing Day and National Habitat Day would be held in Medan City, precisely in Medan Belawan District in October.

Responding to this, Bobby Nasution said, the Medan City Government will certainly support what the PUPR Ministry will do in overcoming the flood problem in the Medan Belawan area.

In addition, he continued, the arrangement of the Medan Belawan area which is a program of the Medan City Government is one of the concerns of the Minister of PUPR to be implemented.

"This problem in the Medan Belawan area is a problem that has been around for decades and has never been handled systematically or comprehensively, from tidal flooding to structuring slum areas. Therefore, we are doing this because we want the people of Medan Belawan to feel the development carried out by the government. both the Central Government and the Regional Government," said Bobby Nasution, quoted from a written statement from the Medan City Communications and Information Office, Saturday, August 13.

Bobby Nasution explained that the Medan City Government always gets complaints or becomes a place for complaints from the people of Medan Belawan.

Therefore, Bobby Nasution wants the aspirations or wishes expressed to be addressed immediately so that the results can be felt by the community.

"The handling of this tidal flood is the desire of the community itself. They want this problem to be solved immediately. At the same time when we conducted socialization related to the handling of tidal floods, there were people who were for and against. Where the average people who do not agree are illegal. We will provide examples of developments that will be carried out later, such as the one in Tanjung Pinang," said Bobby Nasution.

Previously, Head of Region I PUPR Infrastructure Development Center Hari Suko Setiono revealed that the team had directly verified the construction of the rob embankment to be carried out in the field.

In accordance with the direction of the Minister of PUPR, in addition to handling tidal flooding, slum areas will also be arranged in the Medan Belawan area, such as in Bagan Deli.

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"As for the Medan Bahari area, there are a lot of uninhabitable houses. According to the instructions from the Minister, we will include it in a special house construction program. In addition, in the Belawan Bahari area there will also be a program launching and groundbreaking of houses on stilts at the time of the event. National Housing Day and National Habitat Day later," said Hari.