Volcanic ash can damage the Drainage
Yogyakarta, Jia Xiang – volcanic ash eruption of Mount Kelud results could potentially get into drainage channels and add to the load on the channel.
So conveyed head of drainage and Irrigation Department of settlements and infrastructures of The city of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Lukman Aki of the week (16/2/14), as reported by Antara.
According to Aki, Cleaning the ash with water that is pushed into the drainage channels are thus potentially add to the load of the channel as it will become sediment. Because it's volcanic ash cleanup should be done with caution. Here's how to moisten the ash with water to taste and then placed in a sack and thrown into the
a safe place."Maybe people are afraid of the negative impact of the volcanic ash exposed so directly menyemprotnya with water into the drainage," said Aki.
rain that also has the potential to go down in the city can also carry volcanic ash into waterways.
"our Officers have started to clean the inlet drainage channels before Kelud erupted. After the rain of ash, inlet back covered. The officer has been demoted to cleaning the inlet-inlet any longer, "he said.
Aki added, The settlements and infrastructures of The city of Yogyakarta will soon do puddling on the channel drainage, especially on channels that exist in the way the Protocol.
While the volume of ash that covered the city of Yogyakarta, has not been calculated in detail, but on the edge of the main road, a pile of ashes by four centimeters.
Aki said They will focus on cleaning up the environment from the ash heap, let alone the Government of Yogyakarta emergency status has set the volcanic ash since March 14 to 20 February.
in addition to doing the cleaning effort and puddling drainage, The settlements and infrastructures of The City remains lit the lamp lighting the way for 24 hours a day to help road users because of limited visibility. On a typical day, street lighting lamps are lit only eight hours a day.
earlier, Mayor of Yogyakarta, Haryadi Suyuti asking residents to clear volcanic ash by putting it into the bag, that is collected at the curb and the clerk will retrieve it for dumped into landfills.[W1]