Barabai, S Kalimantan (Antaranews Kalsel) - The Central Hulu Sungai (HST) which is vulnerable to flooding is in dire need of a flood detector. At present there is only one as aid from the Central Government.


"The flood detector since 2017 has been installed in the river in Alat Village, Hantakan Subdistrict," said Ali Fahmi, Acting Head of the HST Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) in Barabai, Tuesday (12/2).

According to Ali, ideally, in the HST rivers, it has nine flood detection devices, so that when high rainfall is immediately detected the potential for flooding.

"But thankfully, now we still have human resources in BPBD who can calculate and read the potential of flooding so that mitigation can be done quickly," he said.

He explained, that the HST's BPBD had again proposed to the central government to get the flood detector again.

"With this tool, if there is a potential flood, the alarm will immediately ring and connect to the satellite. It can be found through my cellphone for standby 3, and it can also be known by the district secretary if it is already in standby 1," he said.

Flood-prone areas are in Pandawan Subdistrict, Barabai Subdistrict, Barabai Darat Urban Village, East Barabai, South Barabai, West Barabai, North Barabai and Bukat. 

While in Haruyan Subdistrict are in Pengambau Hilir Dalam Village and Lokbuntar Village.

Whereas for landslide prone areas are in the Hantakan Sub-District namely Hantakan Village, Datar Ajab, Hinas Kanan and Patikalain.

"Areas prone to tornado are in LAS Subdistrict, East Pantai Hambawang, while in LAU Sub-Districts, namely Sungai Buluh and Rantau Bujur Villages," Ali Fahmi said.
 

Pewarta: M Taupik Rahman
Editor : Mahdani

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