Tarutung-Sibolga Road Access Along 17 Km Cannot Be Passed After the Great Flood of Sumatra

Illustration. (Photo: Dok. Antara)

Tarutung-Sibolga road in North Sumatra Province (North Sumatra) along 17 kilometers (km) of a total of 59 km is still not traversable until now.

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The Minister of Public Works (PU) Dody Hanggodo explained that his party had completed handling 131 landslide points on the Tarutung-Sibolga section along 59 km.

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His party has also opened the Tarutung-Batas Tapanuli Utara/Tapanuli Tengah line, which is 42 km long.

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"Meanwhile, the other 17 km is still in the process of handling 7 landslides/road landslides gradually from Tarutung and Sibolga," said Dody, quoted from an official statement, Tuesday, December 16.

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Dody said that the handling of landslides on the Tarutung-Sibolga national road was carried out by the North Sumatra National Road Implementation Agency (BBPJN) of the Ministry of PU together with the Medan North Sumatra II River Basin Agency (BBWS) of the Ministry of PU, a number of BUMN Karya and TNI.

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A total of 14 units of excavators, one unit of dozers, two units of backhoe loaders and three units of wheel loaders were deployed to accelerate the cleaning of landslide material and road body repairs.

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BBWS Sumatera II Medan Directorate General of Water Resources of the Ministry of PU also carried out emergency handling of Aek Doras River in Sibolga City to reduce the risk of subsequent flooding.

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The work was carried out with the support of heavy equipment and flood materials, including a long arm excavator unit, a standard excavator unit, and several dump truck units.

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Support was also provided by BUMN Karya Nindya Karya, WIKA and the Sibolga City PU Office.

Then from the side of logistical support and emergency facilities, the North Sumatra Directorate General of Construction, Infrastructure and Area Management (BPBPK) of the Ministry of PU has sent a total of 13 units of public hydrants (HU), one water tank car, one biofilter and two portable toilets to support the basic needs of affected people and field officers.

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Then, in terms of logistical support and emergency facilities, the North Sumatra Building, Infrastructure and Area Arrangement Office (BPBPK) of the Ministry of PU's Cipta Karya has sent a total of 13 units of public hydrants (HU), one water tank car, one biofilter and two portable toilets to support the basic needs of affected people and field officers.

"We continue to be committed to ensuring that national road connectivity is immediately recovered, river control is optimal, and basic infrastructure support is met in order to accelerate the recovery of citizen activities and the regional economy," added Dody.