Sawah Lamongan Terendam Banjir, Mentan Koordinasi dengan Menteri Pekerjaan Umum
Paddy Fields in East Java`s Lamongan Hit by Floods
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Lamongan, Jawa Timur (B2B) - Sekitar 2.000 hektar areal persawahan pada empat kecamatan di Kabupaten Lamongan, Jawa Timur dilanda banjir akibat jebolnya pintu air dari Sungai Bengawan Solo, dan Menteri Pertanian RI Andi Amran Sulaiman langsung koordinasi dengan Menteri Pekerjaan Umum dan Perumahan Rakyat (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono untuk mengatasi hal itu.
"Saya sudah hubungi Menteri PU, sahabat saya, untuk segera mengatasi jebolnya pintu air yang membendung Sungai Bengawan Solo," kata Mentan saat berkunjung ke Kabupaten Lamongan pada Sabtu (5/3).
Keempat kecamatan di Kabupaten Lamongan yang dilanda banjir antara lain: Modo, Kedung Piring, Babat, dan Lahon.
Mentan juga memerintahkan Direktur Jenderal Prasarana dan Sarana Pertanian di Kementerian Pertanian RI, Sumardjo Gatot Irianto untuk memberi bantuan 20 unit combine harvester untuk mendukung kegiatan panen di kabupaten tersebut.
"Saya minta Dirjen PSP segera memberikan bantuan benih untuk petani yang sawahnya terendam banjir ditambah 20 unit combine harvester. Kementerian PU sudah komitmen untuk melakukan normalisasi pintu air di Lamongan," kata Mentan.
Mentan juga menjanjikan bantuan satu unit mesin excavator untuk mendukung pengerukan lumpur dan tanah yang membuat dangkal aliran sungai.
"Alat berat excavator ini bisa digunakan sampai puluhan tahun ke depan kalau dirawat dengan baik. Tolong dirawat secara baik agar dapat digunakan setiap saat untuk mengatasi banjir dan lain-lain," kata Mentan.
Lamongan, Indonesia (B2B) - About 2,000 hectares paddy fields in four districts of Lamongan district of East Java province was damaged after Bengawan Solo River floodgate had been devastated by floods, and Indonesia Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman then coordinate with Public Works and Public Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono to overcome it.
"I´ve called Minister Hadimuljono, my best friend, to immediately address the water damage to the door here," Minister Sulaiman while in Lamongan on Saturday (5/3).
Four districts were hit by floods is Modo, Kedung Dishes, Babat, and Lahon.
Minister Sulaiman also instructed the Director-General of Infrastructure of Agriculture, Sumardjo Gatot Irianto to provide assistance 20 units of combine harvester to support the activities of the rice harvest in the district.
"I have asked director general to immediately provide assistance of free seeds to farmers whose fields were flooded and then added 20 units of combine harvester. The public works ministry is already committed to normalizing floodgate in Lamongan," he said.
Minister Sulaiman made promised will provide one unit of excavator machine to support dredging mud and soil in the watershed.
"The excavator machine can be used until the next decades if cared for properly so that it can be used at any time to cope with the flood, and others," he said.
