Residents Of Timor Island Should Be Home Only, The Trans Line Is Still Implemented Open Closed Due To Landslides

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JAKARTA - Kupang Police, East Nusa Tenggara Police are still opening and closing the Trans Island Timor route. This is because the alternative routes that have been opened have not been maximally used.

Kupang Police Chief AKBP FX Irwan Arianto told reporters in Kupang, saying the open and close system was implemented after on Sunday, February 19 last night, alternative routes were opened.

"Until now, the open and close system is still being implemented," he said, Tuesday, February 21, as reported by Antara.

The reason is that the alternative route that is opened and passed by the vehicle is contour the soil is clay and soft so that every time the vehicle passes, the land will be more and more slippery and dangerous for motorists.

Not to mention if it rains, the vehicle will automatically not be able to pass because it is slippery and dangerous. He also added that the open and close system is carried out so that vehicles that have been queuing for a long time near the landslide location can pass immediately.

"However, we hope that the public will be patient and hand it over to the police to regulate the flow of traffic," he added.

Currently, a number of police and TNI personnel, he said, are always on guard at the landslide location to regulate the flow of traffic at that location.

A number of police personnel, both from the South Central Timor Police (TTS) and the Kupang City Police and some from the NTT Regional Police, have also been deployed since the disaster occurred.

Meanwhile, the Deputy Chief of the NTT Regional Police Brigadier General Heri Sulistianto appealed to the people on the island of Timor not to travel first, for the next two or three weeks.

"Later, I'll be tired of waiting in line because the queue will definitely be very long, considering that the system used is open and closed," he added.