Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Bandung Flood

About a week ago, Bandung, my home has experienced a really horrible and big flood and as the result, both the citizens and government panicked and I am personally annoyed. Why? The flood occurred  in Pasteur, which is one of the route I used to go home.

The appearance of the flood turned out to have given us a lot of unfortunate and lost. Because of the flood, the whole city of Bandung, got a really heavy traffic! Many houses and buildings are drowned, many cars and other vehicle are carried by the flood! Worst of all lives are taken.

Jadi penyebab banjir, pintu masuk hotel di Pasteur akan dibongkar

But what resulted the flood? Well, one of the main reason is the bad drainage system. Many citizens have blame the government of the bad drainage, but when I see people around the drainage system, they carelessly throw away rubbish at it, which result the blocking of water in the drainage system and made the flood. We should not blame the government for this disaster as it is also the citizens' responsibility to keep the drainage clean.

The government also has done something to deal with it. The mayor of Bandung Ridwan Kamil has apologized in the name of Bandung local government and few actions has been made. One of the few is that they have broke open the door into Topas Hotel, which after being researched has resulted in the flood by blocking the water. Few other decision have also been made, like the decision to install a water way in the area which is planned to be installed next week.

The other reason of the flood is because of the sudden weather change which a lot of people underestimate. Recently Bandung has experienced a lot of rain and it's also heavier and if not taken seriously, weather change could be fatal again. It could cost more flood and I am sure no one is happy about it.

Source: https://www.merdeka.com/peristiwa/jadi-penyebab-banjir-pintu-masuk-hotel-di-pasteur-akan-dibongkar.html