Riding A Rubber Boat, The Minister Of PUPR Checks Semarang's Rob Flood Handling

PUPR Minister Basuki Hadimuljono after checking the handling of tidal flooding and the broken sea wall in the Tanjung Emas Port Area, Semarang, Central Java, Wednesday (25/5/2022) evening. PHOTO ANTARA/Wishnu Adhi

SEMARANG - Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono checked the handling of tidal flooding and the broken sea wall in the Tanjung Emas Port area, Semarang City, Central Java.

When he arrived at the port area which was still inundated by the tidal flood, the Minister of PUPR by boarding a rubber boat immediately inspected the three points of the broken sea wall.

The Minister of PUPR explained that the points of the broken sea wall must be closed first, then the puddles are pumped so that they can recede.

After that, the material in the form of a geobox is used to cover it semi-permanently and this has been done in the Sunda Kelapa Harbor Area, Jakarta.

"But for now, we can't enter from the sea because we can't enter from land with small sandbags," he said, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, May 25.

Basuki said that the handling of the broken sea wall with sandbags must be done quickly.

"The closure with sandbags must be fast, if only one, five, go 'bad', I ask that it be closed tomorrow, we have prepared the pump, tomorrow it must recede (inundation in the port area)," he said.

The plan to close two of the three points of the broken sea wall will involve members of the TNI from Kodam IV/Diponegoro and Lanal Semarang.

Previously, tidal flooding or tidal water that ran over to the mainland with a height of more than 2 meters hit the coastal area of Semarang City, Central Java, Monday (23/5/2022), especially the area around Tanjung Emas Port.

Thousands of workers from a number of factories located in the Tanjung Emas Port industrial area saved themselves from the incident.

Apart from motorcycles and cars, thousands of sewing machines and production machines at a number of factories were also submerged by the tidal flood.

Dozens of containers or containers at the Tanjung Emas Port also seemed to be submerged by the tidal flood that occurred at the same time as high waves, and was exacerbated by the collapse of the sea wall in the port area.

Head of the Tanjung Emas Maritime Meteorology Station, Retno Widyaningsih, said that tidal flooding and high waves occurred due to the final cycle of the moon after the full moon and the earth with the moon in its closest position.

This natural phenomenon also hit coastal areas in the Regencies of Rembang, Pati, Demak, Pekalongan to Tegal.