Seven Houses Collapsed Due To Movable Land In Lebak

LEBAK - Seven houses in Jampang Kuning Village, Sidomanuk Village, Cimarga District, Lebak Regency, Banten Province, collapsed because the ground moved, but fortunately there were no casualties.

"All the houses that collapsed were due to cracked walls and detached roof supports," said Head of the Emergency and Logistics Section of the Lebak Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Agus Reza Faisal in Lebak, Monday, March 14.

There are 41 houses on movable land in Kampung Jampang Kuning, while the other 73 houses have been relocated to safer places.

The local government was about to relocate the 41 houses, but the owners refused.

"If they don't refuse, they will have been relocated along with 73 other houses," said Reza, quoted by Antara.

The local government has submitted to the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) to relocate 41 houses in Jampang Kuning Village, Cimarga District, and 46 houses in Cihuni Village, Curug Panjang, Cikulur District.

The total number of houses proposed due to the impact of moving land is 87 houses.

"We hope this year BNPB can relocate the houses," said Agus.

The head of RT 02/09 Jampang Kuning Village, Sidomanik Village, Lebak Sarnata Regency, said that currently the people whose houses collapsed were living in refugee camps set up by the volunteers of the Taruna Siaga Disaster (Taruna).

The condition of the residents of the land disaster victims is quite worrying, because they have not been relocated to a safer place.

The condition of collapsed houses is expected to increase because rainfall in the area tends to increase. Rainfall occurs from morning, afternoon to night.

"We ask that at night, residents should evacuate to a safe place," he said.

Meanwhile, Marhudi (45), a resident of Jampang Kuning, Lebak Regency, said the condition of his house was quite severe in the front, middle, bedroom and toilet parts.

However, during the day he still occupied it for his clothing convection business, because there were still orders from Jakarta businessmen.

At night, his family lived in a safer refugee camp.

"We did not dare to occupy the house for fear of collapsing," he said.