2 Week 2 Kali Flood Susulant Due To The Overflow Of The Torue River, Permanen Embankment Finally Built In Parigi Moutong

Residents affected by the flood accompanied by mud that hit Torue Village, Parigi Moutong Regency, Central Sulawesi. (Antara)

SULTENG - Permanent levees of boulder or elephant stone were built in the Torue River, Parigi Moutong Regency. The construction is carried out to overcome the problem of flooding in the area of Central Sulawesi (Central Sulawesi). "Twice aftershocks of Torue Village, Torue District in August due to the broken river embankment, so special handling is carried out by building a permanent embankment," said Head of the Emergency and Logistics Division of the Parigi Moutong BPBD, Amiruddin, quoted from Antara, Sunday, August 28. He explained that the emergency embankment from the pile of sedimented materials from the dredged materials was impossible to maintain. The emergency monument was unable to withstand the water discharge so that it overflowed into residential areas in two aftershocks which were only vulnerable to about two weeks. Therefore, the handling of the Torue river carried out by the Sulawesi III River Basin Center (BWSS III) requires materials that are solid with the hope that similar incidents will no longer occur.

"A permanent guideline was made between the meeting of the Torue and Sampaloe rivers downstream, because the vulnerable points were there," said Amiruddin.

In addition to the Torue River, he said, similar handling was also carried out in the Tolai Village river, Torue District because residents in the village were also threatened with flooding, especially since the current situation has the potential for heavy rain to still often pour. From the results of cross-sectoral meetings some time ago, elephant rock collection is taken for the purpose of making embankments taken from the Dolago Village river, Parigi Selatan District, the Marantale Village river, Siniu District and the Torue river. the third and the worst that caused fatalities," he said.