PESIsir BARAT - A number of residents of Pekon (Village) Pepihan, Bangkunat District, Pesisir Barat Regency, Lampung, had to cross the river in order to carry the bodies that would be buried because there was no bridge to the cemetery.
Peratin or the village head of Pekon Pepihan Subantoro confirmed that local residents had to swim across the river to deliver the bodies to their final resting place.
"Yes, that's right, there are residents we have crossed the river to deliver the bodies to the cemetery, because until now there is no bridge," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, January 16.
Previously circulated on social media videos of a number of residents swimming across the river carrying bodies that were to be buried in the cemetery.
In the amateur video footage belonging to the residents, a group of residents can be seen accompanying the bodies crossing the river to the cemetery.
Subantoro explained that this incident was not the first time, but residents of the beatings had often crossed their families' bodies for burial. "Since the opening of the Pekon Pepihan until now, it is very ironic, if there are people who die and coincidentally the river is flooded, residents must use rafts to cross the river's swift and large water, because our TPU is indeed located across the river and happens to coincide with the TNBBS land, which used to be where residents live," he said.
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He said that his party had already submitted assistance to the provincial government for the construction of bridges, so that people would no longer have to cross the river to deliver the bodies of their families.
He also hopes that the local government can immediately respond to public complaints, and immediately build a connecting bridge to the burial site.
"Our hope is, yes, hopefully the Central or local governments will see the complaints of the local community," he said.
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