Anticipate Disaster Mitigation Path, West Pasaman Regency Government Hopes Nagari Children's Pusako Airport To Be Operated

The activity of West Pasaman Children's Pusako Airport when there was a flight in 2021. (Between)

SUMBAR - The West Pasaman Regency Government (Pemkab) assesses the existence of Pusako Anak Nagari Airport is very important for disaster mitigation when a disaster occurs. "The Pusako Anak Nagari Airport can be a buffer from Minangkabau International Airport. Especially if there is a big disaster so that the existence of an airport is very important," said Head of the West Pasaman Bakaruddin Transportation Service at Simpang Empat, West Sumatra (West Sumatra), Tuesday, January 31. According to him, specifically West Pasaman and West Sumatra are generally prone to natural disasters, both in the form of floods, landslides and earthquakes. For that, he said, it is necessary to prepare disaster mitigation facilities, one of which is the existence of airports. So it is necessary to prepare infrastructure from the start. "We hope for the central government to provide flight schedules this year because in 2022 there was no," said Bakaruddin, confiscated by Antara. Until now, he continued, his party is still waiting for the central government's decision to schedule for flights at Pusako Anak Nagari Airport. His party received a lot of questions from the community, especially the roleau in Pekanbaru, Riau, because previously in 2021 there was still a flight schedule for the Pasaman Barat-Pekanbaru route, Riau. "The West Pasaman community was quite busy who migrated to Riau. So it was felt very beneficial for the people who were dealing with Riau Pekanbaru because it saved costs and time," he said.

He said flight access was very useful and shortened the time to Pekanbaru which was only 45 minutes. If you use the land route, you can travel nine hours. He explained, in 2021 flight activities will be carried out on the Pekanbaru-West Pasaman and West Pasaman-Pekanbaru routes. The flight schedule from Pekanbaru-West Pasman at 09.05 WIB and Pasaman Barat-Pekanbaru at 10.20 WIB." For the Pasaman Barat-Pekanbaru fare is only IDR 311,100 and Pekanbarun-West Pasaman is IDR 356,100 using Susi Air aircraft," he said. Once the flight can carry as many as 12 passengers with the central government's subsidy budget. "We hope that the central government can approve flights in 2023," said Bakaruddin.