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        "id": 1697959,
        "msgid": "to-prevent-floods-and-landslides-yogyakarta-city-government-accelerates-restoration-of-winongo-river-1777010045",
        "date": "2026-04-24 12:04:41",
        "title": "To Prevent Floods and Landslides, Yogyakarta City Government Accelerates Restoration of Winongo River",
        "author": "Karta Raharja Ucu",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Infrastructure",
        "summary": "The Yogyakarta City Government has launched an intensive restoration project for the Winongo River, aimed at revitalising it as the city's green lung and mitigating flood and landslide risks. Mayor Hasto Wardoyo highlighted the river's deteriorating condition due to illegal chicken coops, improper waste disposal, and sedimentation, which have narrowed the flow and threatened the western bank. The initiative involves heavy machinery for dredging sediment and rubbish, alongside the relocation of non-permanent structures, in collaboration with regional river authorities and local communities, targeting optimal functionality by 2026.",
        "content": "<p>Yogyakarta City Government has begun accelerating efforts to restore\nthe natural beauty of the Winongo River as the city\u2019s lungs. This\ninitiative follows the increasingly concerning condition of the river on\nthe western side of Yogyakarta City, which poses a potential danger to\nresidents. Yogyakarta Mayor Hasto Wardoyo emphasised that he does not\nwant to allow the ongoing damage to the river infrastructure to\ncontinue. He targets restoring the Winongo River to its pristine state\nwhile ensuring it functions optimally as a water flow controller.\n\u201cToday, together with the Head of the Serayu Opak River Basin Office, as\nwell as the Dandim\u2019s team and all river care communities, and the entire\ncommunity, we are starting to clean the Winongo River,\u201d Hasto stated in\nhis speech at the Kick Off event for the Normalisation of Yogyakarta\nCity Rivers in 2026, on Friday (24\/4\/2026). Hasto noted that the river\u2019s\ncondition has received minimal attention, leading to an accumulation of\ninappropriate activities along the banks. According to him, the\nnarrowing of the river flow is triggered by the proliferation of wild\nchicken coops and indiscriminate waste dumping along the banks. Hasto\nstated that this condition causes uncontrolled water flow that impacts\nthe western embankment, triggering landslides. As a concrete step, heavy\nequipment is being deployed for normalisation, focusing on dredging\nsediment and rubbish, as well as regulating non-permanent buildings that\nviolate spatial planning. \u201cThe Winongo River has not been touched by\nnormalisation activities for a very long time, so we see that the\neastern side is full of chicken coops, bird coops, and even yesterday\nthere was a waste bank there. We have socialised this a week ago, and\nthe residents have accepted it, alhamdulillah,\u201d he said. This\nnormalisation is expected to restore the river\u2019s function while\npreventing floods and landslides. Hasto explained that sedimentation on\nthe eastern side has caused the water flow to reverse and hit the\nwestern side. \u201cWe are supported by the Serayu Opak Main Basin to deploy\nheavy equipment so that we can carry out river normalisation, ensuring\nthe river functions well, without flooding overflows, and no landslides.\nBecause when the eastern side is full of sediment, the water hits the\nwest, and the western side is threatened with landslides,\u201d Hasto\nrevealed.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/to-prevent-floods-and-landslides-yogyakarta-city-government-accelerates-restoration-of-winongo-river-1777010045",
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