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Tagana Together with PB Task Force and Pringsewu Fire Service Help Drying Houses Affected by Floods
PRINGSEWU (January 05, 2022) - Almost two hours of heavy rain in the Pringsewu
Regency area in the late afternoon. No exception in the Hamlet I Pekon
Sukoharjo III West which caused flooding and several residents' houses were
submerged in water. But the cause is not only heavy rain but several drains are clogged with garbage and siltation.
The Pringsewu Regency Disaster Mitigation Task
Force and “Satria Biru” Fire Department together with Tagana and elements of
the Pekon apparatus immediately went to the location and helped the community
members carry out vacuuming and drying in one of the affected residents'
houses.
"From the afternoon we monitored progress and
when the rain had stopped, we went straight to the field for coordination,
handling, and ensuring that there were no casualties," said Agus Purnomo,
Coordinator of the Pringsewu Regency BPBD Team.
6 houses were belonging to Mr. Sunoto Mr.
Romli, Mbah Kamsiah, Mr. Marsudi, Mr. Purwanto, and Mr. Beni in Hamlet I which
were submerged in water and needed assistance with desludging, drying, and
cleaning, while the BPBD and Firefighters Team and assisted by Tagana members
carried out the handling to help with desludging and after drying, the other
Tagana Team carried out house-to-house sweeps to check accompanied by Bayan or
the head of the local environment.
"We and Bayan are combing from house to house
to ensure that no more houses are submerged and need assistance," said
Goesno Budiarto, a member of Tagana in the Sukoharjo region.