Heavy Rain, Village Liaison Road In Mukomuko Is Closed Again By Longsor

Access to the main road connecting two villages in Penarik District, Mukomuko, landslide, Thursday 22 September. (ANTARA/HO-Special)

BENGKULU - Access to the main road connecting two villages in Penarik District, Mukomuko Regency, Bengkulu, was again buried by landslides. Heavy rains make the soil rot into landslides to close the road.

"We have coordinated with the village head, currently the road is buried again," said Head of Highways Division of the Mukomuko Regency Public Works and Spatial Planning Office, Yusup in Mukomuko, quoted from Antara, Thursday, September 22. The Mukomuko Regency Public Works and Spatial Planning Office since Tuesday 20 September, removed the landslide material that blocked the road, but the top of the cliff still collapsed. The road connecting Sendang Mulya Village with Suka Maju Village, Penarik District has been buried by landslides since Saturday night 17 September, now the road has been buried by landslides again. He said heavy equipment was still there, but could not handle the landslide that buried the road connecting the two villages. "After this, we want to find a solution to overcome the landslide that has buried access to the connecting the two villages," he said.

In addition, he said, a letter from the village had been requested regarding a landslide that blocked the access road connecting two villages in Penarik District. He said that at this time his party was continuing to coordinate with the village head and asked them to prohibit their residents from crossing the net at night when it was raining heavily. "We are worried that when residents pass by landslides, residents should not pass through the road," he added. residents in this area who leave the village, he said, they should go through the back road to Ujung Tolan. Although the distance is further but safer for motorbikes. Regarding the condition of the bridge to Ujung Tolan, he said, there were some of the bridge floor boards that were damaged, but motorcycles could still pass the bridge. "If the car has not been able to pass the bridge, especially if there is no cargo, it is not recommended," he said. Yusup said that his party would continue to try how to get the road so that four-wheeled and two-wheeled vehicles can pass.