Elderly Farmers Survive After Being Dragged By Landslide In Garut

Landslide disaster area in the agricultural area of Malangbong District, Garut Regency, West Java/Photo: Antara

GARUT - Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Garut Regency, West Java said an elderly farmer managed to save himself after he was dragged by a landslide in a rice field area, Malangbong District, Garut, Tuesday, April 5. The incident occurred in an agricultural area where three farmers almost became victims in the disaster. "They are currently farming, but Alhamdulillah, nothing unexpected happened," said Satria, quoted by Antara. Sanding village, Malangbong sub-district, is far from residential areas. However, the community, especially those who often do farming, should always be alert to the threat of disaster. The landslide in the agricultural area, he said, was allegedly due to clogged drains. Garut Regency Agriculture will carry out inspections and calculate losses due to "Alhamdulillah, now the Department of Agriculture is assessing the impact of the incident, the information is that there is a clogged drain," he said. A survivor of the landslide, Ruhiyah (73), a resident of Saktijaya Village, Sanding Village, Malangbong, said that before the incident she heard voices. rumbling, then came the avalanche.

She was dragged, fell several times, and was also buried and then again dragged by a landslide until finally she was able to crawl to a safe place and was rescued by residents. Suhanda (50) and Sumarni (57) residents of Sanding Village were affected by the landslide. the land has stopped," he said. The head of Sanding Village, Heri Supriadi, said the landslide damaged dozens of rice fields belonging to local residents with an area of about 3 hectares. worried about another landslide. "The land is still unstable, it is feared that there will be another landslide, we urge the public not to Let's do activities in the fields first," said Heri.