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GOVT ESTIMATES 63 RIVER FLOW AREAS IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Jakarta, June 5 (ANTARA) - The government estimates that about 63 river flow areas in Indonesia are in critical condition as the ratio between their minimum and maximum water volumes now exceeds 50 percent, a minister said.
"Ideally the ratio should not be more than 30 percent. If it has risen to 62 percent, it means that the basins concerned are in very critical or 'knocked-ou' condition," Public Works Minister Djoko Kirmanto told media editors here Friday.
The minister pointed as an example to the Cimanuk river flow area in Sumedang district, West Java, which was now in critical condition and needed immediate handling.
He said one of the steps taken to handle critical river flow areas was to build dams but the problem was that not all river flow areas were topographically suitable for dam construction.
Kirmanto said Indonesia was the world's fifth biggest country in terms of hosting flowing surface water that should enable the people to manage and utilize the conditions.
The minister said that all of the country's areas had been divided into respective river basin areas which were managed by their own respective River Basin Management Unit appointed through a decision letter.
He said that the success of each of the river basin management unit could be seen from its ability to manage the available potentials efficiently in improving the quality of water.
"The way is to improve damaged forests, build check dams, and developing reservoirs," the minister said.
The minister said that efforts to repair the critical conditions of river basin areas could not be handled by the government alone. The people and businesses should be involved as well.
"We could only provide the infrastructural facilities while their preservation and maintenance are fully handed over to the people who so far have been utilizing them," the minister added.***3***
"Ideally the ratio should not be more than 30 percent. If it has risen to 62 percent, it means that the basins concerned are in very critical or 'knocked-ou' condition," Public Works Minister Djoko Kirmanto told media editors here Friday.
The minister pointed as an example to the Cimanuk river flow area in Sumedang district, West Java, which was now in critical condition and needed immediate handling.
He said one of the steps taken to handle critical river flow areas was to build dams but the problem was that not all river flow areas were topographically suitable for dam construction.
Kirmanto said Indonesia was the world's fifth biggest country in terms of hosting flowing surface water that should enable the people to manage and utilize the conditions.
The minister said that all of the country's areas had been divided into respective river basin areas which were managed by their own respective River Basin Management Unit appointed through a decision letter.
He said that the success of each of the river basin management unit could be seen from its ability to manage the available potentials efficiently in improving the quality of water.
"The way is to improve damaged forests, build check dams, and developing reservoirs," the minister said.
The minister said that efforts to repair the critical conditions of river basin areas could not be handled by the government alone. The people and businesses should be involved as well.
"We could only provide the infrastructural facilities while their preservation and maintenance are fully handed over to the people who so far have been utilizing them," the minister added.***3***
