Ahmad Hidayat Nasution suggested Samosir regency government to form a rescue team as security for tourists who visit the sights of Lake Toba.

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Ahmad Hidayat Nasution suggested Samosir regency government to form a rescue team as security for tourists who visit the sights of Lake Toba.

Head of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) North Sumatra, Ahmad Hidayat Nasution suggested Samosir regency government to form a rescue team as security for tourists who visit the sights of Lake Toba.

"Rescue teams are tasked with monitoring the tourists or guests who were swimming in the lake," he said in Medan on Saturday (05/01/2013).

According to Hidayat, this needs to be done for the safety of the public and guests who visit the site are quite famous sights abroad it.

The reason for these visitors who swim and bathe in Lake Toba, no one is watching or the rescuers.


If there are people who drowned and was not a good swimmer, then no one can help them.
- Ahmad Hidayat

"So if there are people who drowned and was not a good swimmer, then no one can help them. Visitors So finally died, because it does not get help," he said.

Hidayat explained, the case that had just occurred in the area of ​​Lake Toba, two sisters are elementary school students (SD), namely Stevani Sitohang (12) and Patres Sitohang (11) resident Siantar drowned swimming in Lake Toba, on Tuesday (1 / 1/2013) at around 17:00 pm.

Both students had been to Disneyland with his parents, and also to celebrate the New Year 2013. However, unlucky for both residents Siantar, the happiness coveted, it led to disaster they receive.

"The case Stevani and Patres experienced, can be a valuable lesson for other communities. Going forward should be more careful if you want to swim in Lake Toba," he said.

Furthermore, Hidayat said, with the cases of two children who died in early January 2013, it is expected also as a warning to visitors and tourists. "The case of the sinking of two elementary students, it can be a lesson for parents, to be more careful when bringing children to swim and bathe in Lake Toba," said Hidayat.