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Saturday, September 24, 2016

Headwaters In Garut Regency Neglected !



Garut (GN),-West Java provincial government and district goverment Garut maintain the apparently ignorant upstream on the river Cimanuk and cikamiri. Land use changes continue to occur resulting in a water catchment area getting minimal. Consequently discharge of river water flowing into the city Garrut wilaya enlarged that caused the flood.

Thursday (09/22/2016), upstream Cimanuk in a badly damaged condition. Erosion occurs along watersheds, ranging from district Bayongbong, Cisurupan, until Cikajang. There, it can be said, no more perennials that serves to hold rainwater, far as the eye could see, there was only expanse of vegetable gardens.

Asep sofian, Cikajang citizens, expressing, face upstream Cimanuk has changed so much. Now the tea plantation pamegatan in Cikajang run an agribusiness and mining company (PDAP) jabar exhausted nothing left. In fact, the tea plantation of 1,000 hectares that is used to serve as a rain water catchment area.

According to him, the disappearance of the tea gardens stems from land lease policy of PDAP jabar tea gardens to a number of employers in the decade of 1970. By them, the tea garden was instead transformed to enable to plantations of vegetables, such as cabbage, carrots, and potatoes.

Inspired by the actions of businessmen, local residents had mastered most of the land of tea gardens and grow vegetables. There is absolutely no upada PDAP to prevent it. As a result, in 2004, all pamegatan tea garden into a vegetable garden.

"Oversight of provincial and local governments do not exist. On the other hand, vegetable farmers do not know how to manage the land well. They do not understand the terracing was like, "he says.

Asep hope the government rehabilitate upstream Cimanuk by directing farmers to empower membudi perennials. Currently, the number of vegetable growers in Cikajang reached 15,000 families. "Coffee can be planted among the vegetable garden so that there tegakn to absorb rainwater and mencega erosion on riverbanks," he said.

Actually, Asep and some residents Cikajang've been asking the provincial government to restore the presence of perennials Cikajang. The request was conveyed through jabar Parliament in 2011. But until now, there was no response.

Hulu Cikamiri.

Similar conditions prevail in upstream cikamiri located in the district Pasirwangi. Most of the land in the river upstream of planted vegetables. The rest is nothing converted into a hot spring, complete with the inn.

Dedi (40), a local resident, said that at first, most of the land in the township-owned Housing forested forestry planted with various species of trees, especially Rasamala. However, in the last decade, forest area converted into a vegetable garden. "Forest is also converted into a hot spring since the last five years," he said.

Rather than providing benefits, the existence of sites that actually harm the people around, because it caused flooding in the town of Garut.

The same is expressed sirod (35), another resident. He urged that the territory Pasirwangi returned to forest. You see, the tourist area only benefit employers.

Vice regent of Garut Helmi Budiman said that the rehabilitation of the authority Perum Perhutani forest. Garut regency had already asked for forestry to do that.

Garut Regent Rudy Gunawan said, the local government was given one year to employers where hot spring in Darajat, Pasirwangi, to establish the concept of safe travel.

Four sub-watershed

Bandan floods that hit garutand landslides in Sumedang is a testament to human nature is no longer keeping. "Forty percent of the algebra is a protected area. Garut it accounted for the largest protected area. However, 80% do not function optimally because of the damage, both protected forests and conservation, "said the head of the environmental management area jabar Anang sudharna yesterday.

He claims to obtain information, there is one company that received permission to build a tourist area. Built only 10%. He asked local governments to revoke the license of the company.

Board member of the expert council observers linkungan Tatar Sunda (DP-KLTS) Supardiyono Sobirin confirm that floods Bandan g in Garut Cimanuk watershed caused by the crisis. He reveals, in arrowroot, watershed Cimanuk has four sub-watersheds, namely Cimanuk upstream (covering an area of ​​162 square kilometers), Cibodas (97kilometer square), Cipeujeuh (68 square kilometers), and cikamiri (100 square kilometers).

According to sub-das is now in a badly damaged condition. Sub-das Cimanuk upstream land crisis has reached 55%, sub-das ciboad 40%, sub-das cipeujeuh 25%, and sub-das cikamiri 40%. "Torrential rains caused tributaries and Cimanuk River overflowed due to land in the sub-basin was critical. The land can not withstand the swift water so there was flooding bandang.Seharusnya, all sub-basins that form a functioning protected area, "he said.

It offers a number of solutions. Firstly, the revision of the arrangement ruagn so be functioning protected areas. Second, maintenance of rivers and tributaries, tailored to the likely magnitude of rainfall that have occurred in the past. Third, enforcement of the law against anyone who violates the layout.

The same thing is stated a member of Commission IV DPRD Jabar, Gatot Tjahjono. According to him, the flash flood disaster became affirming the need to uphold the detailed spatial plan (RDTR). In the context of Garut, for example, many people who become victims because living along the river. Additionally, criticizing the upstream causes lack of water tangakapan area.

"Heavy rains caused the river quickly overflowed, bakan over 5 meters from the river surface normal," he said in Tarogong, yesterday.

Nonetheless, in the context of prevention, he asked the governor uses to prioritize kewenagannya banking through budget mechanisms for emergency response alama. Emotion Fund issued more quickly without waiting for the budget in 2017.

"The impact of the damage is still being calculated. However, by naked eye, infrastruktru improvement, home, and Bantara river, expected to spend over 200 Billion RP. Should be immediately implemented by allocating budgets in an integrated manner through the national budget, provincial budget, and the district budget, "he says.
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