Flood Soak, Thousands Of Hectares Of Rice Fields In Karawang Are Predicted To Fail To Harvest

Areas of flooded rice fields in Karawang (ANTARA)

The floods that hit the Karawang area, West Java (West Java) are predicted to cause crop failure or puso because thousands of hectares of rice fields were flooded. The Agriculture Service Office of Karawang Regency, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, March 1. He said, there were about 2-3 thousand hectares of flooded rice fields, and now the water is still inundating. In accordance with the records of the Agriculture Service, the age of flooded rice was around 10 to 20 days of planting. According to him, according to the reports received, floods that submerged rice areas occurred due to high rainfall and overflowing of a number of rivers. "That (the amount of rice fields) is temporary data. For the puso, it has not been seen, because it still has to see developments," he said. The Karawang Regency government has established a disaster emergency response status, following the occurrence of floods that hit 18 sub-districts around Karawang. Karawang Region Secretary Acep Jamhuri added, in accordance with a coordination meeting with elements of the convict, Karawang Regent Cellica Nurrachadiana has decided the status of disaster emergency response. Among the reasons for determining the emergency response to disasters is due to the spread of flood-hit areas in Karawang, so it needs maximum handling.

In accordance with the district government's records, until Monday night night, floods hit 52 villages and three sub-districts spread across 18 sub-districts around Karawang. Flood disasters in the Karawang area occurred due to high rainfall that triggered the overflow of a number of rivers in the area. Among them are due to overflowing water from the Cibeet, Citarum, Cikaranggelam, and Ciherang rivers.