Bandung City Add Retention Pools Can Accommodate 1,600 Cubic Meters Of Water In The Flood Season

Bandung City Secretary, Ema Sumarna while inspecting the retention pond in Rancasari District, Bandung City, Friday (20/10/2023). ANTARA/HO-Bandung City Government.

BANDUNG - Bandung City Government (Pemkot) has added back to the irregularity or retention pond in the Rancasari sub-district. The effort was a flood disaster mitigation when the rainy season arrived. "I see that the condition of the retention pond is quite appropriate. On October 26 we will propose to the Mayor to be inaugurated,” said Bandung City Regional Secretary (Sekda) Ema Sumarna in Bandung, Friday, October 20, which was confiscated by Antara. Ema explained that the retention pond can accommodate water about 1,600 cubic meters. This amount can help reduce the impact of flooding in the Rancasari sub-district. “Indeed, it has not resolved all of them. However, I think with this amount the threat of flooding in this area can be minimized, "he said. In addition to mitigating by building retention ponds, the Bandung City Government has also held Mapag (welcoming) rain as an effort to clean up waterways and points that are potential flood points when the rainy season arrives.

Until 2023, the Bandung City Government has built nine retention ponds, built more than 5,000 infiltration wells, and more than 3,000 drums (infiltration wells) as flood mitigation. Meanwhile, the Head of Rancasari Sub-district, Hamdani, explained that several waste management efforts had been made in his area to prevent piles of garbage from clogging into the river. He said his party had also formed an emergency waste task force and routinely increased the socialization of waste management starting from the household level. "Some other efforts are to carry out routine hygiene patrols, and enforce rules related to burning garbage by the community," said Hamdani.