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Explanation to Dr. Amron, Director General of Water Resources

Since a large volume of volcanic products were heaped up in Mt. Merapi, there is a worry that debris flow may occur.  Upon the request by the Ministry of Public Works, we have run a simulation on the debris flow; the result of calculation on the said simulation has been explained to the Ministry of Public Works by Dr. Takao YAMAKOSHI, Senior Researcher of Public Works Research Institute and Mr. Toshiyasu UENO, Expert.

On 8th December, the said explanation has been give to 15 staffs concerned in Directorate General of Water Resources; besides it, the same thing was explained to Mr. Pitoyo, Director of River and Coast.  On the next day, 9th December, it was explained to Dr. Amron, Director General of Water Resources and Mr. Ismanto, Advisor of Minister of Public Works (in charge of disaster prevention); and on 16th December, the said explanation was made to Dr. Danang, Policy Advisor to the Minister of Public Works .

The Ministry side requested that they wish to grasp the degree of risk on occurrence of debris flow with rivers other than Gendol River and Boyong River as well.  Besides that, there were questions on how to set specific conditions and the calculation method as well.  In addition, they showed an interest in the unmanned technique (the work that is made by making use of the remote controllable construction equipment in the place, where it is dangerous for workers to enter); which has been put to practical use with volcano-related disaster of Mt. Unzen in 1991 as a turning point.