Already plagued by delays, mismanagement and a major
corruption scandal, November’s Southeast Asian Games in Palembang could have a new looming crisis to
deal with — flooding.
Hadi Jatmiko from the Palembang branch of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) told the Jakarta Globe on Wednesday that the South Sumatra capital had a history flooding during the wet season, which was due to hit ahead of the games.
What is worse, Hadi said, the centerpiece of the controversial games, the Jakabaring Sports City, is built on a former swamp.
“South Sumatra is approaching the end of a long dry season and according to the BMKG [the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency] the rainy season will start at the end of October,” Hadi said.
“Flooding is expected, including at the SEA Games venue, because last year alone Palembang was hit by floods 48 times. It was an ecological disaster.”
Hadi said Walhi had vehemently opposed the construction of the stadium where the event would be held because they believed the construction would cause worsen flooding in the city.
“They built the stadium on a swamp area without regard to the Environmental Impact Analysis (Amdal) or Bylaw 5/2008 about swamps.”
He said the bylaw required developers to leave parts of the area as swampland and to construct buildings with foundations that allowed the swamp to function as a water catchment area.
He advised the local government to prepare for major flooding events.
“The government must make sure they have a stand-by SAR [Search and Rescue] team to help with the evacuation when the city is inundated and they must improve the drainage system by building retention ponds immediately,” he said.
Hadi Jatmiko from the Palembang branch of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) told the Jakarta Globe on Wednesday that the South Sumatra capital had a history flooding during the wet season, which was due to hit ahead of the games.
What is worse, Hadi said, the centerpiece of the controversial games, the Jakabaring Sports City, is built on a former swamp.
“South Sumatra is approaching the end of a long dry season and according to the BMKG [the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency] the rainy season will start at the end of October,” Hadi said.
“Flooding is expected, including at the SEA Games venue, because last year alone Palembang was hit by floods 48 times. It was an ecological disaster.”
Hadi said Walhi had vehemently opposed the construction of the stadium where the event would be held because they believed the construction would cause worsen flooding in the city.
“They built the stadium on a swamp area without regard to the Environmental Impact Analysis (Amdal) or Bylaw 5/2008 about swamps.”
He said the bylaw required developers to leave parts of the area as swampland and to construct buildings with foundations that allowed the swamp to function as a water catchment area.
He advised the local government to prepare for major flooding events.
“The government must make sure they have a stand-by SAR [Search and Rescue] team to help with the evacuation when the city is inundated and they must improve the drainage system by building retention ponds immediately,” he said.
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