High And Heavy Rainfall, Drivers Crossing The Cianjur Peak Asked To Be CAREful

Cianjur Police, West Java, has placed a number of officers on traffic jams along the Puncak-Cianjur main route, to urge road users in line with high rainfall, Sunday (19/2/2023). (ANTARA)

CIANJUR - Cianjur Police, West Java, asked road users to obey the officers' appeal when crossing the Puncak-Cianjur route because in the past week extreme weather such as high rainfall accompanied by strong winds plus foggy in the morning and evening. Cianjur Police Chief, AKBP Doni Hermawan in Cianjur, said the main Puncak-Cianjur route, was included in the disaster-prone route ranging from landslides and fallen trees, so that at the end of the week officers appealed to road users to be extra careful and alert." Starting from Puncak Pass to Jalan Raya Bandung, it is an area prone to landslides and fallen trees, so officers will give an appeal for drivers not to park their vehicles and stop at vulnerable points, "Doni, quoted by ANTARA, Monday, February 20.Officers will also direct road users to avoid alternative routes that are also prone to similar natural disasters such as on alternative Hanjawar-Pacet routes and alternative routes Sukaresmi-Jonggol via Cikalongkulon. Including officers in each police station in the southern region that is included in tourist routes, every weekend is alerted to provide appeals and disaster alerts for motorists, especially passing tourists, to be careful and extra alert.

"South lanes include the most prone route to landslides and floods, ranging from Jalan Raya Campaka, to Jalan Raya Naringgul bordering Bandung Regency. Officers are alerted as a quick response when a disaster occurs," he said. He added that for quick handling, his party coordinated with related agencies in the regions to the center to alert heavy equipment, so that when a disaster occurs, handling until the evacuation process can be carried out quickly.