Flat House With Land Due To Moving Land, This Is The Outpouring Of The Heart Of The Residents Of Lebak Banten

The house of a resident of a movable land victim is in Jampang Cikoneng, Lebak Regency, Banten Province. (Photo via Antara/Mansur)

JAKARTA - The landslide disaster hit Jampang Cikoneng, Lebak Regency, Banten. There were no casualties, but several houses were razed to the ground.

Some of the residents of Jampang Cikoneng now live with relatives and parents outside the area. There are also those who choose to live in refugee camps. In fact, there are those who are desperate to occupy a house in a condition that is in danger of collapsing.

"We stayed at a relative's house that night, so we were safe from the ruins of the house," said Marhadi (45), a house owner from Jampang Cikoneng, as reported by Antara, Monday, May 16. affected by the movable land disaster in the area as many as 41 families (KK). "We have not lived in the house since a week after the walls and roof were separated due to moving soil," he explained.

He is now confused after his house collapsed because he did not have the money to rebuild his residence. The local government since 2019 has not yet realized the construction of permanent residential houses. In fact, he said, in the first phase, as many as 73 housing units have been built for residents of movable land victims.

Sarnata, a local community leader, said that since the last three years, 41 houses have been severely and moderately damaged due to moving land. So far, they have been waiting for certainty to be relocated so that they live comfortably and safely. "We welcome it positively after the local government promised that this year it could be allocated for permanent housing," he said. Meanwhile, the Head of the Lebak Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Febby Rizky Pratama appealed to people whose houses are in danger of collapsing to evacuate to other places to avoid accidents. This is because the current rainfall tends to increase, so it is feared that their houses will collapse. Sidomanik Village, Cimarga District. "We have proposed a relocation budget for the permanent residential houses worth Rp. 1 billion," he said.*