Mentan Tumpangi Motor Babinsa Tinjau Sawah yang Kekeringan di Demak
Droughts Had Plagued Paddy Fields in Indonesia`s Central Java
Editor : M. Achsan Atjo
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Demak, Jawa Tengah (B2B) - Menteri Pertanian RI, Andi Amran Sulaiman mengawali kunjungan kerja di Jawa Tengah pada Rabu pagi (10/6) dengan meninjau kemampuan sarana irigasi, Bendung Karet Wonokerto di Kabupaten Demak untuk mengetahui kemampuannya memasok air untuk mengairi lahan persawahan di kabupaten tersebut.
Menteri Amran tampak tidak puas mendengar penjelasan Bupati Demak, Mohammad Dachirin Said dan Kepala Dinas Pertanian Jawa Tengah, Suryo Banendro maupun petugas bendung kemudian meminta untuk diantar langsung ke lokasi persawahan yang kekeringan di Desa Klitih, Kecamatan Karang Tengah.
Apa penyebab kekeringan di lahan persawahan di Demak? Musim kemarau, dan belum maksimalnya pengelolaan irigasi meski sudah diperbaiki setelah Amran Sulaiman menjabat menteri menjadi pemicu utama kekeringan.
Kondisi jalan yang sempit dan rusak memaksa Amran Sulaiman turun dari mobil dinas RI 37, dan memilih menumpang motor trail yang dikendarai prajurit TNI dari Koramil Karang Tengah untuk melihat langsung penanganan air irigasi. "Saya ingin lihat langsung kodisi irigasi, tidak cukup hanya mendapat laporan."
Anggota Dewan Perwakilan Daerah, Hj Denty Eka Widi Pratiwi pun ikut menumpang sepeda motor milik TNI yang tiba di Semarang bersama menteri pada Rabu pagi setelah bertolak dari Jakarta.
Menteri dari Kabinet Kerja Presiden RI Joko Widodo ikut membantu para pekerja didukung prajurit TNI memasang pompa air dan memberi arahan agar pompa air tersebut bekerja maksimal mengairi sawah.
"Saya sudah perintahkan dikirim pompa air. Alhamdulillah segera dikirim sore ini dan besok sudah bisa beroperasi," kata Amran Sulaiman.
Demak, Indonesia (B2B) - The Indonesian Agriculture Minister, Andi Amran Sulaiman started working visit in Central Java province on Wednesday (10/6) to review the ability of irrigation facilities at Wonokerto dam in Demak district to determine their ability to supply water to irrigate rice fields in the district.
Minister Sulaiman seemed not satisfied to heard the explanation of Demak Regent, Dachirin Mohammad Said and Head of Agriculture of Central Java province, Suryo Banendro, as well as the officer at dam, then go to the rice fields that drought in Karang Tengah.
What causes dryness of the rice fields in Demak? It was drought, and irrigation management despite being repaired after Mr Sulaiman was inaugurated as agriculture minister.
Small road and damaged forced Amran Sulaiman out of his official car, and choose a motorcycle driven by soldiers from the local military command to review the handling of irrigation. "I want to see the condition, is not enough to just received a report."
Senator of Central Java, Hj Denty Eka Widi Pratiwi had come to review the location of irrigation by a motorcycle driven by local residents, she came with entourage of Minister Sulaiman on Wednesday morning after takeoff from Jakarta.
Ministers of the cabinet of President Joko Widodo helped the workers and soldiers put up a water pump, and he gave direction so that the water pump work optimally irrigate rice fields.
"I´ve been instructed to bring water pump. Thanks God engine water pump sent immediately, and tomorrow can be operated," he said.
