Cliff Collapses Hit By Floods, Provincial Roads On The South Coast Of West Sumatra Break Up

PADANG - Provincial roads in Lambung Bukit Village, Koto Nan Tigo Utara, Sutera District, Pesisir Selatan Regency, West Sumatra were cut off due to flooding that occurred today at around 04.00 WIB.

The Head of BPBD Pesisir Selatan, Yuskardi, said that the flood occurred due to the overflow of the Batang Surantiah River due to heavy rains on Monday morning.

"The road was cut off by the provincial road to Gantang Mudiak Utara, Surantih and Gantang Mudiak Selatan, Surantih. The location was on the edge of the river. The cliff collapsed when it was hit by floods," he said in Painan, Antara, Monday, December 2.

His party has reported the breaking of the road to the West Sumatra Provincial Government. The Pesisir Selatan Regency Government hopes that the road can be repaired soon and made by gabions so that it does not collapse again.

According to him, gabions for cliff resistance need to be made because the river often overflows in the event of heavy rain for only a few hours.

"The road to Langgai is important for the community as access to traffic and the economy because it is used to transport agricultural products, especially gambir. That is the point of the road's status being increased to a provincial road even though it only connects villages within the district," he said.

Yuskardi said that although the road was cut off so that it could not be passed, the area was not isolated because there was an alternative road that was an old road, namely a road on the irrigation side. Heavy rain, he said, caused flooding as high as 30 to 60 cm in seven sub-districts, namely Koto XI Tarusan, Bayang, IV Jurai, Batang Kapas, Sutera, Lengayang, and Ranah Pesisir.

His party is calculating the number of affected residents and the losses it caused. Even so, his party ensures that there were no casualties in the disaster.

"There were dozens of houses that were flooded and some residents were displaced. The data is being collected by officers in the field," he said.