Jokowi to Inspect Demak Flood in Central Java Today
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22 March 2024 11:51 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - President Joko Widodo or Jokowi departed for Central Java on Friday morning, March 22, 2024. Jokowi will inspect the floods that occurred in Demak Regency.
Jokowi arrived at Ahmad Yani Main Air Base in Semarang City on Friday morning. The Boeing 737-400 Air Force aircraft carrying the President and his entourage landed at around 8 a.m. local time.
Shortly after getting off the plane, Jokowi continued his journey to Demak Regency to inspect the location affected by the flood.
A written statement from the Press Bureau and the Presidential Secretariat said that the President was accompanied by Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono during his visit to Demak Regency.
Demak was hit by floods after the embankment leaked during periods of heavy rain since Wednesday, March 13, 2024. On Monday, March 18, 2024, 89 villages in 11 sub-districts in Demak were still flooded with a height of 30-80 cm.
Until Thursday night, March 22, 2024, six sub-districts were still inundated, namely, Karanganyar Subdistrict, Karang Tengah Subdistrict, Gajah Subdistrict, Wonosalam Subdistrict, Sayung Subdistrict, and Demak Subdistrict.
Previously, Jokowi said that the process of repairing the embankment in Dukuh Norowito, Demak will finish today at the latest. The broken levee, Jokowi said, was the reason for the mass flood in Demak.
"Earlier I asked [Minister Basuki], and the leaked embankment is being repaired,” Jokowi said on Thursday evening.
The flood level in Karanganyar Subdistrict, Demak Regency, was reported to have dropped to 50 centimeters on Thursday, March 21, 2024. Head of the BNPB Disaster Data, Information and Communication Center, Abdul Muhari, said the water level in this area had previously reached two meters.
The same thing also occurred in the Demak City area. Flooding as high as an adult's calf since March 13 has gradually decreased by 20 centimeters today. "Using a pump car, the team has been siphoning water into the Londo River, Singorjo Village, Demak Kota Sub District since Wednesday evening," Muhari said, in a written statement, Thursday, March 21, 2024.
DANIEL A. FAJRI
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