Kudus Regency Government Asks For Improved Water Pumps To Overcome Water Inundation Due To Floods

Flood control pump engine at the Tanggulangin Police, Jati Wetan Village, Jati District, Kudus Regency, Central Java/ANTARA

KUDUS - Kudus Regency Government, Central Java hopes that the repair of the flood control pump engine will be accelerated. Because one of the three operating pump machines was damaged. "We have coordinated with related parties so that the repair of the pump engine can be accelerated, so that it can be used to dispose of flood water that inundated Jati Wetan Village, Jati District," said Kudus Regent Hartopo in Kudus, Antara, Thursday, January 5. The hope, he said, is that the pump engine can be used before the flood inundation recedes. If the repair is too long and can only be operated when the flood recedes, of course it's useless. Moreover, he said, the flood control pump engine is currently urgently needed to reduce flood inundation in Jati Wetan Village. Initially, he added, the flood control pump engine was only two units with a capacity of 200 cubic meters per second each. Then, there is an additional unit of a new pump machine, so the ability to dispose of water can be even greater. Another effort to reduce flood inundation is to ask for additional assistance from the water suction pump that was delivered during a joint meeting with the Governor of Central Java and the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB). "Later, let the Kudus BPBD coordinate with related parties. Meanwhile, the low river embankment will also be elevated to anticipate that the water will not run over," he said. Assistance to reduce inundation was also provided by PT Pura by operating its polder. General Manager of HR-GA Pura Group Agung Subani expressed his readiness to assist in handling natural disasters by operating two water suction pump units with a capacity of 5,000 liters per second for each engine unit. The company will also build one more polder with a 20,000-liter suction pump engine capacity per second.