Pariaman targets post-disaster irrigation repairs to be completed by September

The Pariaman City Government in West Sumatra is targeting repairs to eight irrigation systems damaged by hydrometeorological disasters at the end of 2025 to be completed by September 2026.

“Much of the agricultural infrastructure in Pariaman has been damaged, but Alhamdulillah, for this initial stage we in the agricultural sector have received around one billion rupiah in funding, prioritised for repairing the eight damaged irrigation systems,” said Ismadi, Head of the Food Crops, Horticulture and Plantation Division at the Pariaman Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Agency, on Friday.

He said the irrigation repairs, funded through central government transfers to the regions, have shown significant progress and are projected to be completed in the near future. Most of the physical irrigation work has already exceeded 70 percent.

“Our target is that by the end of August, or at the latest the first week of September, all physical work will be finished,” he said.

He said the irrigation systems suffered damage ranging from broken to collapsed structures. The damaged irrigation systems are spread across three sub-districts: North Pariaman, Central Pariaman and East Pariaman.

The damage to the irrigation structures had disrupted water supply to farmers’ rice fields, with a total affected area of 200 to 300 hectares.

“The impact of this damage has been felt significantly by farmers. For example, in the Mangguang area, the irrigation damage directly affected 20 to 30 hectares of rice fields,” he said.

Before the physical repairs began, farmers in the field worked to maintain water availability through their own efforts using makeshift materials, such as stacking sandbags to connect water flows so that the planting season would not come to a complete halt.

With the completion of the infrastructure work in September, the Pariaman City Government hopes that water distribution to rice fields can return fully to normal so that community agricultural activities are no longer hindered.

Previously, the Pariaman City Government in West Sumatra recorded that as of early August 2026 it had realised approximately Rp19.5 billion, or 21.1 percent, of the Rp92.4 billion in central government transfers returned for repairing infrastructure damaged in the area by the hydrometeorological disasters late last year.

The transfer funds were used for infrastructure amounting to Rp53.1 billion, other items amounting to Rp32.2 billion, and the remainder for health and agriculture.