Banjir di Jakarta Tahun Ini Tidak Separah Tahun Lalu, kata BNPB
Last Year`s Floods were Worse than the Floods in Jakarta now, Says BNPB
Reporter : Roni Said
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Banjir yang menggenangi wilayah Jakarta dan sekitarnya pada awal 2014 tidak separah dibandingkan awal 2013 lalu.
"Jelas lebih parah tahun lalu. Tanggal 15 Januari 2013 tinggi muka air di Pintu Air Manggarai sudah sampai di 1020cm, tahun ini paling tinggi di 960cm," kata Kepala Pusat Data Informasi dan Humas Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho di Jakarta, Sabtu (18/1).
Menurutnya, dengan begitu debit air pada tahun ini masih jauh lebih kecil dibandingkan 2013 silam.
Begitu pula di bagian hulu, kata Sutopo, bahwa pada 15 Januari 2013 Pintu Air Katulampa berada pada posisi Siaga I atau tinggi muka air berada di 210 cm.
"Kalau sekarang tinggi muka air di Katulampa ada di 110cm atau Siaga III," kata Sutopo.
Sutopo mengemukakan BNPB sudah mengantisipasi dari jauh-jauh hari bila debit air terus bertambah.
"Mulai dari pelatihan kondisi darurat, evakuasi untuk pengungsi, kebutuhan untuk pengungsi sudah disiapkan, pendanaan, peralatan, semua sudah disiapkan. Sekarang tinggal menghadapi peperangan yang sebenarnya," ujarnya.
Apalagi ditambah dukungan dari Kementerian Pekerjaan Umum yang sudah memperkuat tanggul-tanggul sungai di Kanal Banjir Barat, dengan harapan tidak ada lagi tanggul yang jebol sehingga debit air dapat terus dikendalikan.
Jakarta (B2B) - The floods that hit Jakarta and surrounding areas early last year were worse than the current floods in the capital city and its buffer zone areas, stated a disaster mitigation official.
"Last years floods were worse than the floods in Jakarta now. On January 15, 2013, the water level at the Manggarai Water Sluice reached 1,020 cm, while now it has only reached 960cm," Head of the Data Information Center of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said here on Saturday.
Thus, water volumes this year were still far below those of last year, the BNPB official asserted.
The same happened in upstream areas where last year the water level at Katulampa Water Sluice was recorded at 210 cm, the alert I level.
"Now, the water level at the Katulampa water gate has only reached 110cm, or is at the alert III level," Sutopo pointed out.
He explained that his office had earlier taken anticipatory steps to be prepared for rising flood waters.
"We have conducted a drill on emergency handling, refugee evacuation, logistics for refugees, gathering tools and other needed equipment. What remains to be done now is to perform what we have planned," Sutop added.
He said that the Ministry of Public Works had also provided support in reinforcing existing dikes at the West Flood Canal.
"We hope that there will no longer be dikes that are breached by water, so that the amount of flood waters will not increase further," remarked Sutopo.
