Kamis, 31 Oktober 2024   |   WIB
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Kamis, 31 Oktober 2024   |   WIB
22 Reservoir for Citarum Rehabilitation

 

A total of 22 small reservoirs medium, and large, the proposed West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan built by the government in order to overcome the annual flooding in the basin area of Bandung, West Java.

To mengonservasi upstream watershed area of 234,087 hectares Citarum, the gap also recommended a ban illegal timber or vegetation for five years, a moratorium on licensing of water conversion bin area, the river border control, restrictions on the slope of seasonal agriculture for more than 30 degrees, and so on.

Ahmad Heryawan convey it in handling exposure to the Bandung Basin Flood Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Agung Laksono, Wednesday (3 / 3) evening in Jakarta.

"I propose a normative, two methods, namely the structural and nonstructural, to cope with floods in Jakarta during this," he said.

For the largest volume of the proposed Basin Cipanegah 1 with capacity 2,610,000 cubic meters, while the smallest Cikitu Reservoir with capacity 51,839 cubic meters. According to Heryawan, the funds needed to realize that 22 reservoirs reached Rp 1.023 trillion.

At present the area of Bandung basin area is 234,087 hectares, 20 percent (46,543 hectares) of critical lands. Heryawan mention, critical land was divided in 8785 hectares of forest area of 23,483 hectares. Outside the forest area have counted 53,782 hectares 37,758 hectares of critical land.

A total of 280 erosion control dam on the river flow is also proposed. Most potential locations proposed in the sub-Ciwidey Watershed, which is as many as 51 units of the dam.

Suswono Minister of Agriculture and Environment Minister Mohammad Gusti Hatta had existed before the coordination meeting at the Office of Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare was started. Both left the meeting locations for implementation retreat awaits Agung Laksono still in the State Palace.

According Suswono, spatial flood prone areas in West Java had to be returned, "flood-prone location must be restored back, including those already become agricultural lands."

In the presentation, the Governor of West Java, had proposed that the Strategic Board was formed Watershed Rehabilitation (DAS) Citarum. He also alluded to the positive values of local wisdom revived. "The orientation to rural development should," he said.
Source: Kompas Cetak