A 30-meter-high Cliff Collapses To Close The 50-meter-long Cianjur-Bandung Village Road

Photo via Antara

JAKARTA - The village road connecting the districts in Giri Mukti Village, Cianjur, West Java, has been temporarily cut off due to a landslide. Now the road to Bandung or vice versa to Cianjur cannot be passed by vehicles.

Secretary of BPBD Cianjur Regency, Rudi Wibowo said the landslide was caused by heavy rains with an intensity of more than two hours. As a result, a 30-meter-high cliff collapsed closing the 50-meter-long road with a height of 1.5 meters.

"As a result, the main road connecting villages and regencies cannot be passed by two-wheeled or four-wheeled vehicles. Road access is temporarily cut off. Joint officers and residents, assisted by TNI/Polri officers, are trying to reopen the road," said Rudi Wibowo, Wednesday 20 April.

Residents can still choose another route to Cibinong District, but it will take a long time. So efforts to bring in heavy equipment to speed up getting rid of avalanche material have been carried out through the West Java Provincial PUPR.

"We are trying to get heavy equipment assistance from the relevant agencies in the Provincial Government or Cianjur, so that road access can be returned because alternative roads are further and take a long time. For the time being, officers and residents use makeshift tools," said Rudi quoted from Antara.

As of Wednesday evening, local residents together with officers and volunteers are still trying to reopen access to roads that were covered by landslides with manual tools so that economic activity can continue and the residents of three villages are not isolated.

"We hope that heavy equipment assistance will come soon so that the roads between districts can be traversed by vehicles because of the high activity, especially before Eid. The cliffs slide after heavy rains with an intensity of more than two hours," said resident eye witness Deni Heruman.

There were no casualties in the incident, but the activities of residents from three villages were hampered and transportation from Bandung to Cianjur or vice versa could not work. "We hope that help will come soon and the landslide material will be removed soon," he said.