Rabu 27 Jul 2016 22:13 WIB

'25 million people depending on the Citarum River '

Rep: Rr Laeny Sulistyawati/ Red: Julkifli Marbun
Banjir luapan Citarum menggenangi jalan di daerah Bojongsoang, Kabupaten Bandung, Rabu (8/6). (Republika/Edi Yusuf)
Foto: Republika/Edi Yusuf
Banjir luapan Citarum menggenangi jalan di daerah Bojongsoang, Kabupaten Bandung, Rabu (8/6). (Republika/Edi Yusuf)

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDUNG -- As much as 25 million people are indirectly dependent on the Citarum River.

"All the people in this world depends on water, and there are 25 million people depend on the Citarum River related needs for food, irrigation, water supply and others," West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan on Environment Day in Sate Building, Bandung, West Java, Wednesday (27/7).

He said Environment Day in West Java level to coincide with the national rivers day.

"And Alhamdulilah (God Bless) there is poor condition in West Java rivers and we must save the water for life," Heryawan said.