PUPR to Coordinate with BMKG To Make Strong Infrastructures
6 March 2018 11:06 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Minister of Public Works and People’s Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono said his team will improve coordination with the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) to make strong infrastructure.
“Indonesia is a disaster-prone area, so we have to prepare the infrastructure that is able to respond to the disaster,” he said in his written statement, Monday, March 5.
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According to him, preventive moves should take precedence compared to the aspects of post-disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction. Basuki said that risk reduction is focused on the time before the disaster.
The Expert Staff of PUPR for Development Integrity Adang Saf Ahmad said geographically, Indonesia is located in three meetings of tectonic plates. It makes Indonesia has a very strategic location and has abundant natural resources, but also prone to disasters.
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Besides that, continuous maintenance and operation of infrastructure are still in place to function optimally.
PUPR’s strategy has considered various disaster risk parameters in all phases of infrastructure development, from planning, implementation, maintenance, to management. In the planning stage of infrastructure development, the design must be certified by a Commission of experts.
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