Karhutla In South Kalimantan Reaches 205 Hectares

Joint officers extinguished the firespots in Landasan Ulin Selatan Village, Liang Anggang District, Banjarbaru City, South Kalimantan. BETWEEN ANTARA/Tumpal Andani Aritonang

The Center for Disaster Management Operation Control (Pusdalops-PB) of the Regional Disaster Management Agency of South Kalimantan Province reported that the area of forest and land fires (karhutla) had reached 205.5 hectares.

"Personnel patroll every day, the main effort to handle it is the team to ensure that the hotspots do not spread to residential areas," said South Kalimantan BPBD Chief Executive Raden Suria Fadliansyah in Banjarbaru as reported by ANTARA, Friday, June 30.

Raden said that all efforts were made by his party to prevent and overcome forest and land fires in South Kalimantan, especially in Banjarbaru City, which is a priority area for handling smog disasters caused by forest and land fires.

"Personnel prioritize Banjarbaru City because it is close to Syamsudin Noor Airport," he said.

He said that almost every day forest and land fires occur in Banjarbaru City.

Raden also said that to this day there have been a total of 2,521 hotspots spread throughout the South Kalimantan region.

Based on data compiled by Pusdalops-PB BPBD South Kalimantan to date, Banjarbaru City is the largest area hit by forest and land fires recorded more than 100 hectares.

Then the second largest forest and land fires in Tanah Laut Regency with an estimated estimate of more than 85 hectares. Meanwhile, in Banjar karhutla Regency, a total of 14 hectares.

Meanwhile, in other districts, small-scale forest and land fires events do not exceed 2.5 hectares.

Raden revealed that there are only three districts with zero forest and land fires, namely Hulu Sungai Tengah Regency, Tanah Bumbu Regency and Kotabaru Regency.

Regency and city BPBDs always provide routine socialization and education to the community so as not to clear land by burning.

His party maximizes the presence of personnel at posts that are distributed in districts and cities to always coordinate and convey information on hotspot sources to the South Kalimantan BPBD main post.

"The South Kalimantan BPBD has assigned personnel to stand guard for 1x24 hours," he said.