Anticipate Natural Disasters, DPUPR Officers Will Watch The Tourism Path In Banten During The 2022 Christmas And 2023 New Year Holidays

Bantahan River tourist attraction, Cidadap Village, Curugbitung, Lebak, Banten. (Between-M Bagus Khoirunas)

The tourist route in Banten, which is often crowded during the Christmas 2022 and New Year 2023 holidays, will be guarded by officers from the Banten Provincial Government's Public Works and Spatial Planning (DPUPR). They will monitor various potential natural disasters.

"At the points that are prone to landslides, we will place a monitoring team. There are three points that we have prepared," said Head of the Banten DPUPR Arlan Marzan in Serang, Banten, Thursday, December 15, as reported by Antara.

The placement of officers is to guard against problems such as landslides and other disturbances considering the current uncertain weather is often pouring heavy rain.

Arlan ensured that access to a number of tourist locations in Banten Province was in good condition ahead of the 2022 Christmas and 2023 New Year holidays. His party, he continued, is currently continuing to make improvements.

Although access to Anyer-Pandeglang at a number of points is currently still in the process of being repaired. However, Arlan ensured that it would be completed soon and targeted for December 25 to be completed.

"The Nataru route is almost all finished. The final target is December 25," he said.

Regarding the placement of officers or monitoring teams, said Arlan, among other things, monitoring is carried out on several access to tourist attractions, such as the Gunungsari-Anyer intersection.

"We continue to monitor it, we are worried about an incident like yesterday's landslide. Our officers are also there every day, so if something happens, we will immediately handle it," he said.

Other access roads that are also monitored are the Pamima Street Teneng Cinangka Market, and Mengger Caringin, which is currently under construction for concreteization at Pasar Pari, Pandeglang.

"We are also monitoring the access to Cinangka for mitigating the risk of landslides. Finally, Mengger, the concrete construction package at Pasar Pari has been completed, we just have to finish the hotmix overlay," he added.

He said monitoring was carried out on road conditions, especially access to tourist attractions ahead of Nataru, if there were damaged roads, his party would pursue repairs within two weeks before December 25.

"We have a rapid reaction unit at UPT-UPT, so for Nataru, two segments enter the Serang-Cilegon UPT, and one Pandeglang UPT. If something is damaged, we will pursue it to deal with the damage," he said.

In addition to monitoring officers, each team of 10 people is equipped with equipment and heavy equipment.

Even so, if there is damage after December 25, his party will also continue to repair the road. However, this monitoring is carried out ahead of Nataru, which is usually passed by many tourists to beach attractions.

"The 25th is worth passing, if there is damage we will repair it again," said Arlan.

Arlan said that his party is also handling roads at several points spread across eight regencies/cities in Banten Province. Such as the widening of the Pakupat-Paliama road, the Serang City Copocok Jaya, and several other road constructions.

"Then the Cisoka Bridge that we are pursuing is a target so that it will be completed by the end of this year," he said.