Hit By Landslide Repeatedly, Sate Sinta-Cijedil Cianjur Crossing Line Asked To Be Alert

Illustration of steep cliffs has the potential to landslide. (Pixabay)

The Cianjur Police asked motorists who crossed the Sate Sinta-Cijedil route, Cugenang District, to be extra careful, especially when it rained heavily because the process of handling landslides had not yet been completed.

Head of Cianjur Police Traffic Unit, AKP Anaga Budiharso said, over the past week the rainfall was quite high, especially in the evening it hit most of the Cianjur area, including at the landslide handling site in Sate Sinta-Cijedil.

"At the location of the earthquake accompanied by landslides in Sate Sinta, the ministry is still handling it, some time ago there was a subsequent landslide when it rained heavily, so that the slippery road runway was covered by mud from landslides," he said in Cianjur, West Java, Wednesday, May 3, was confiscated by Antara.

His party placed several members before the handling location from the Cianjur direction or vice versa from the direction of Cipanas.

Officers also make efforts to handle quickly when there is a queue or heavy equipment at work to avoid accidents.

"We ask road users to comply with officers' recommendations, so that long queues do not occur and avoid accidents when heavy equipment is operating or other heavy vehicles," said Anaga.

Secretary of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Cianjur Regency, Rudi Wibowo, said that not only on the Sate Sinta-Cijedil route, his party appealed to road users to remain careful when crossing the main Cianjur route.

"Both from the north to the south because it is prone to landslides and fallen trees, especially during the last week the rainfall that has fallen in Cianjur is still high, especially in the evening, so it is prone to disasters," he said.

Rudi added that the information from the BMKG for rainfall was still high until mid-May, so residents throughout the Cianjur area were asked to remain alert and alert and observant and read natural signs of a disaster and evacuate immediately.