It's Drought Season, BPBD Mataram Reminds Potential Drought And Don't Neglect To Turn Off The Stove

Illustration of BPBD distributing clean water to residents affected by drought. (ANTARA/Seno)

MATARAM - The Chief Executive of the Mataram City Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Mahfuddin Noor said, based on the BMKG's prediction that the dry season has now entered so that various potential impacts of weather changes must remain vigilant.

"Although the threat of drought due to drought in Mataram City is very small, because so far we have never experienced a drought," he said in Mataram, quoted from Antara, Thursday, May 19.

However, he said, the impact of the dry season was felt at its peak where there was a shortage of water in agricultural areas north of Mataram City, such as in the Rembiga and Sayang- Sayang areas.

However, this has been anticipated by the Department of Agriculture by providing borehole assistance to farmers to meet their water needs during the peak of the dry season.

"So far, we have never been affected by drought like other regencies/cities. Especially for drinking water, Alhamdulillah, it is always available," he said.

However, he continued, the potential for fire disasters as one of the impacts of the dry season could occur due to human negligence, therefore the dry season must remain vigilant.

He said that people should be able to change their behavior by not littering, especially waste that burns quickly, then when leaving the house, they must make sure the stove is off, including unnecessary power lines.

"Fire disasters often occur because we tend to be negligent," he said.

Mataram is one of 10 regencies/cities in NTB which has six types of disasters out of 10 types of disasters that often occur in NTB.

Mahfuddin said, in addition to the earthquake and tsunami, other disasters that threaten the Mataram City area are floods, residential fires, coastal waves, abrasion, and social conflicts.

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