Surabaya City Government Moves Quickly To Handle Collapsing Residents' Houses

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SURABAYA - The Surabaya City Government moved quickly to intervene in the collapsed houses on Jalan Pogot Baru No. 04 RT/RW 01/06, Tanah Kali Kewall Village, Kenjeran District, Surabaya City, East Java.

Head of the Development Planning Agency (BPB) and Community Protection (Linmas) of the City of Surabaya, Irvan Widyanto, said that from the information of the occupants of the house, at around 04.20 WIB or after the morning prayer, the sound of cracking wood was heard from the roof of the house.

"After a few minutes, there was immediately a rumbling sound and material on the roof of the house fell, causing residents to panic and run out of the house. There were no injuries or fatalities in this incident," said Irvan, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, November 16.

Irvan said the house was inhabited by four people. They consist of a mother and her three children who are still in the same household. While the collapsed area, the area is about 2x4 meters out of the total 4x10 meters of the inhabited house area.

"The house collapsed in the back room, it is suspected that the wooden roof was porous due to termites," he said.

The former head of the Surabaya City Satpol PP explained that BPB and Linmas officers who arrived at the location immediately carried out security and data collection.

In addition, he said, his party together with the Cipta Karya Department also carried out cleaning of the collapsed roof to ensure it was safe.

"After arriving at the location, the officers immediately carried out cleaning and security," he said.

As a form of initial intervention, Irvan said that the Surabaya City Government provided assistance in the form of food packages and food three times a day for the next seven days. In addition, his party also provided tarpaulin as well as installation on the collapsed roof.

"For the time being, the family will live in a neighbor's house about 100 meters from the collapsed house," he said.

Meanwhile, Acting Head of Social Welfare Division, Surabaya City Social Service (Dinsos), M. Januar Rizal, said that his party had conducted a survey and collected data on the location of the collapsed house.

According to him, the previous head of the local RT had proposed to repair the house through the Uninhabitable House (Rutilahu) program.

"Before the pandemic, the local RT had asked for the house to be repaired through the Rutilahu program. However, the land certificate was hampered, because its status belongs to irrigation," said Rizal.

However, Rizal stated that the Surabaya City Government was still trying to fix the house. According to the plan, the house repairs will be submitted through Surabaya Peduli.

"We will first make a report regarding the real conditions in the field. Later it may be submitted or submitted through Surabaya Peduli. Due to the status of the land being irrigated, house repairs cannot be carried out through the Rutilahu program," he said.

According to him, the head of the local RT together with local residents are ready to work together to repair the collapsed house. For example, if later there is assistance in the form of building materials such as brick, sand and cement.

"We are still trying to fix the house as soon as possible. In fact, Mr. RT is also willing to mobilize his residents to work together to help repair the house," he said.