BWS Sumatera C Target Normalisasi Aliran Sungai Tampung Dalam 14 Hari

BWS Sumatera V Target Normalisasi Aliran Sungai Tampung Dalam 14 Hari

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00:00 The Sumatera-5 BWS Padang river area has continued to accelerate the process of normalizing the river flow,

00:07 flooding the city and flooding the rainwater that occurred in West Sumatera on Saturday, May 11.

00:14 Dozens of heavy equipment from various institutions and institutions were activated to accelerate the process of recovering the river flow.

00:20 Speaking at Antara, Rabu 22 Mei, the head of Sumatera-5 BWS Mdian Almaruf said

00:27 at the early stages of the disaster, there were 8 points of river flow that were normalized,

00:32 6 points in Tanah Datar regency and 2 points in Agam regency.

00:37 There were 6 points in Tanah Datar regency, 5 points directly to Mount Mapari,

00:43 while the other point was directly to Mount Singgalang.

00:47 Normalization by reopening the existing river,

00:53 if there are many stones in the area, the stones will be stored on the banks of the river as a barrier.

01:03 When will the work be completed?

01:05 For emergency management activities, hopefully in the next 14 days we can handle it.

01:13 Regarding the high intensity of rain in the normalization process,

01:20 he said his team had placed 2 safety officers in the upstream part of the river

01:25 to monitor and inform if there was a rise in water debit during the normalization process.

01:32 This step is to anticipate the event when the river flow is normalized in Kelok Hantu,

01:37 which caused one heavy equipment operator to die in a world of continuous flood.

01:46 From Tanah Datar, West Sumatra, Vandi Yogari, Muhammad Zulfiqar, KANTOR BERITA ANTARA, reporting.

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