Call The Babon Keropos River Embankment, Ganjar Asks The Semarang City Government To Immediately Strengthen The Construction

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo checked the post-flood handling at Dinar Indah Housing, Meteseh, Semarang City, Thursday (12/1/2023). PHOTO ANTARA/HO-Humas Central Java Provincial Government

Central Java (Central Java) Governor Ganjar Pranowo asked the Semarang City Government (Pemkot) to update the construction of the Babon-River Pengkol River embankment to be strong. This effort is to prevent flooding in Dinar Indah Housing, Meteseh Village, Tembalang District.

"The government must update the construction of the embankment, if you look at the broken wall next to it until it breaks, there are two walls whose bottom looks rather sturdy. Now, there are only additions to it, the addition is like no intention. Unfortunately, the developer is no longer there, if it has been handed over to the government, yes... the government must clean this up," he said in Semarang, Thursday, January 12, confiscated by Antara.

This was conveyed by Ganjar when checking the handling after the flood at Dinar Indah Housing which affected 147 people and had to evacuate.

He said the area inhabited by hundreds of people was categorized as a danger because apart from the condition of the embankment that was not sturdy, the housing location was right in the border of the Pengkol River.

This condition, he said, is almost the same as what happened in the Pantau Marina area of Semarang.

Based on the existing cycle, he assessed that improvements must be made immediately and immediately coordinated with the city government and experts to review the area.

"This is exactly the same thing that was in Brebes Regency when I looked at it yesterday, so on that side there must be physical strengthening, it must be increased. If you look at the condition, the qualias above this embankment must be replaced with a wall, wis kropos (already porous), I think the cement is just that point," he said.

In checking the handling after the flood, Ganjar Pranowo took the time to see firsthand the temporary embankment that had been completed and said the embankment was actually quite high, but the excessive water discharge at that time could not be contained by the embankment.