Situation Report
Drought in Indonesia 2015
Period 31 August 2015
Highlights
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) recorded drought in Indonesia this year due to the El Nino phenomenon.
16 provinces covering 102 districts / cities in Indonesia by the end of July 2015 was a deficit of water. (BNPB).
Data from the Ministry of Agriculture show Java Island is the most affected by El Niño compared to other islands. Farmland drought in January-July 2015 about 111,000 hectares and the crop failures of around 8,000 ha.
To overcome the drought emergency in the short term, the distribution of water tanker trucks have been mobilized. The Government will also make artificial rain at some point endemic drought region of Indonesia such as West Java, Central Java, East Java, South Sulawesi, South Sumatra, Lampung and West Nusa Tenggara.
Situation Overview
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) recorded drought in Indonesia this year due to the El Nino phenomenon. As a result, the dry noticeably drier and the beginning of the rainy season retreat.
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The region affected El Nino, occurs mainly south of the equator region of Indonesia and Eastern Indonesia. Ranging from South Sumatra, Java, Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB), Bali, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), South Sulawesi (Sulawesi), parts of Kalimantan and eastern Indonesia region.
El Nino was not a heat wave as feared happened in India or Pakistan. However, El Nino is a condition in which sea surface temperatures rising significantly around the equator in the Pacific Ocean that causes significant reduction in rainfall in Indonesia.
El Nino phenomena that affect the length of the dry season in 2015 may lead to the start of the rainy season in 2015/2016 in a number of areas will suffer a setback. Nowadays due to drought and El Nino, there are around 215 505 hectares of rice paddies were experiencing drought with the scale of mild, moderate and high.
BNPB Data said that until the end of July 2015, as many as 12 Provinces throughout Indonesia experience water crisis. Namely, Central Java, West Java, East Java, Banten, Papua, Nusa Tenggara Barat(NTB), NTT, South Sumatra, DI. Yogyakarta, South Sulawesi (Sulawesi), Lampung, up to Bali. Drought spread across 526 districts and 77 sub-district in the city.
It is estimated, the water deficit will further increase due to the increase of population, environmental degradation, to climate change. Automatically, the population will require more water. Thus, the government did two ways to cope with the drought until the rainy season.
Short-term, the distribution channel of water with water tanks, repair boreholes, pumping, construction of rain water bodies. In addition, the manufacture of reservoir watersheds (DAS), to artificial rain.
Meanwhile, the long-term effort is to create a reservoir to collect rain water as much as possible, and the rehabilitation of existing forests. To make it happen, it took about 30 years.
Dompet Dhuafa Response
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Help overcome the effects of drought, Disaster Management Center Dompet Dhuafa mobilize 210 water trucks with 1.109,000 liters of water to 152,000 people in nine districts in Java. Construction of the water pipe installation depth of 100 meters to the water needs in Cibarusah, Bekasi Regency. 8 water tank with a capacity of 1100 and 6000 liters of drinking water to accommodate water is built in Bekasi, Subang and Tuban.
DMC Dompet Dhuafa Information
Disaster Management Center (DMC) Dompet Dhuafa:
Pahlawan Road No 34 Rempoa Ciputat South Tangerang city Banten Province Telp. (021) 73691736 - Fax. (021) 7361288 - Email. [email protected]
Sigit Raharjo +6281802947293 [email protected]
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