Palembang –
Flood It hit almost all sub-districts in Palembang, South Sumatra (Sumsel), until two people died. Residents also questioned the whereabouts of the Mayor (Wako) of Palembang and the Deputy Mayor (Wawako) of Palembang.
Monitoring detik.com, Saturday (12/25/2021) afternoon, it was still raining Pempek City. The Governor of South Sumatra, Herman Deru, was seen going down to several flooded locations to meet residents. However, until this afternoon, the whereabouts of the Mayor of Palembang Harnojoyo and Deputy Mayor Fitrianti Agustinda were nowhere to be seen.
Residents asked the whereabouts of the two main officials in the Palembang City Government. Because from the observations, what was seen was only the Palembang City Government Secretary Ratu Dewa and several related agencies who came to the flood location.
“We only saw the Governor and the Regional Secretary who went directly to the flood location. But, since the dawn flood earlier, we haven’t seen the Wako and Wawako going to the location, neither on his IG. update if it’s like this,” said Ikbar, a resident of Ilir Barat I, Palembang, to detik.com, Saturday (12/25/2021).
In line with Ikbar, Yosi, a resident of Bukit Kecil, Palembang, asked if Harnojoyo and Fitrianti Agustinda were not in Palembang so they could not directly see the flood location. According to him, the flood also hit the official house of the Deputy Mayor of Palembang.
“The flood this morning had surrounded the rumdin, Mr. Wali. But how come they weren’t visible, Mrs. Fitri was also nowhere to be seen. Did they go out of town or where?” said Yosi.
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When asked for confirmation detik.com, Palembang Secretary Ratu Dewa and Head of Communications and Information Technology Edison did not respond. However, Ratu Dewa had time to apologize to the people of Palembang through her social media account.
“Ask the community to be patient, and apologize for the inconvenience of the current flood,” Ratu Dewa wrote on her Instagram account.
Previously, a woman was reported missing after being swept away by a flood in Palembang. The victim was found dead.
“Yes, for the victim (woman) who drowned earlier, at around 14.09 WIB she was found (dead),” said Kalidoni Palembang Sector Police Chief AKP Irwan Sidik when asked for confirmation. detik.com, Saturday (25/12).
In addition, a lecturer at the State Islamic University (UIN) Raden Fatah Palembang also died.
“Yes, it’s true, there are our residents who died due to electrocution, this morning (when the house was flooded). The information is indeed a lecturer,” said Sukarami Palembang Sub-district Head M Fadly when asked for confirmation. detik.com.
It is known, the flood almost inundated all sub-districts in Palembang, South Sumatra. The flood occurred after heavy rains poured since early this morning. There is no exact data on how many houses were submerged, but some of the water was more than 1 meter high.
Floods don’t just inundate residential areas. A number of protocol roads were also flooded. In addition, the flood hit the official residence of the Mayor of Palembang.
Several areas that are not subject to flooding this time were submerged after the heavy rains. South Sumatra BPBD is currently focusing on evacuating residents.
He admitted that almost all areas in Palembang were flooded. His party is still registering the affected residents and checking a number of public facilities damaged by the flood.
(jbr/jbr)
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