Access To Provincial Roads In Aceh Tamiang Can Be Passed Again By Pascalongsor

Access to provincial roads in Aceh Tamiang can be passed again after the landslide (Photo: Antara)

The provincial road section in Lubuk Sidup Village, Sekerak District, Aceh Tamiang Regency can now be passed by two-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicles, after being buried by mud material triggered by high rainfall.

"The landslide material that covers the road is in the form of mud deposits carried by rainwater," said Lubuk Sidup Village Head Ibrahim in Aceh Tamiang, Saturday, quoted by Antara.

The landslide was caused by heavy rain for two hours that flushed the area on Friday (19/5) afternoon until evening, thus making mud material from the slopes of the landslide and covering the road.

"The mud had taken to the asphalt road a few days ago. Then there was more rain last night, there was more mud. When I came home around 21.00 WIB, it had piled up on the road," he said.

He mentioned the length of the road that was buried by landslides was about 50 meters. This incident had caused traffic jams. Local village officials and sub-district heads coordinated with the Aceh Tamiang BPBD to bring in heavy equipment.

"Cleaning landslides uses a unit of BPBD's heavy hardware with the assistance of TNI/Polri personnel and residents," he said.

In an effort to anticipate further landslides, the Lubuk Sidup Village apparatus hopes that the government will build a ditch so that the mud flow from the foot of the hill is no longer on the road. This is because the ditch in the area has long been covered by landslides due to large floods that hit Aceh Tamiang some time ago.

"We hope that the Tamiang Aceh Regency Government can urge the Aceh Provincial Government to immediately take action before falling victim at that location. Due to the landslide status in our village, we are included in the maintenance of provincial roads," he said.

Meanwhile, the Chief Executive of the Aceh BPBD Tamiang Iman Suhery from Friday night to Saturday afternoon, BPBD officers together with Polsek and Koramil 02/Karang Baru personnel carried out cleaning and opening of road access due to landslides.

According to him, there were no casualties in the landslide incident. Currently, road access is back to normal and safe for all types of vehicles to cross.

"The first cleaning (night) lifted the landslide material using a loader. Then in the afternoon we sent two fire engines to spray the road so it wouldn't be slippery when passing by vehicles," said Iman.