Banjarmasin Beware of 13 Flood Prone Points

By Hasan Zainuddin

Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan (Antaranews) - Banjarmasin City Government through the Water Resources and Drainage Agency now beware of 13 points over the region that is prone to flooding during the rainy season.

Head of Banjarmasin Water Resources Management and Drainage Agency Ir Muryanta MT told reporters at City Hall on Monday the 13 flood-prone area are the Banjar Indah, Dahlia, Bumi Mas, Pekapuran, Teluk Tiram, Gunung Sari, Rawasari, Kampung Melayu, S Parman, Pramuka, Sultan Adam, Adhiyaksa, and HKSN.

"In general, these areas are still often inundated especially during heavy rains," he said, adding that immediate measures to be taken to reduce the puddles when it rains.

According to Muryanta, the points are indeed still have a rather low areas, plus some of them still do not have adequate drainage facilities.

Construction of drainage channels does require substantial funding . While the condition of the areas are prone to inundation, because the City Government should better take into account the level of need and the height of the channel. If built too high, puddle could disrupt the activities of people.

Muryanta said, there are parts of the original frequent puddles and now have started decreasing altitude or if it flooded not last long, after drainage facilities constructed.

Not all roads are the responsibility or authority of Banjarmasin City Government. Some are of the authority of the Provincial Government or Balai Jalan. 

For example, if there is puddle water on Jalan S Parman, drainage will be constructed by Balai Jalan of the Ministry of Public Works. This is done in the accelerated development of the city and its implementation in coordination with the City Government of Banjarmasin, he said.

What Banjarmasin City Government does in the inundation, especially when it rains, should always be synergy between funds, the authority of the territorial, conditions and other parties who are also both have an obligation to overcome the problem.

"Hopefully, the future can be better, so that waterlogging problem in the rainy season can be overcome or minimized, " said Muryanta.