Bogor Kembali Dilanda Bencana Pershiftan Tanah Sepanjang 1 Kilometer

Damage to buildings due to land shifts in Wargajaya Village, Sukamakmur District, Bogor Regency, West Java. (ANTARA)

BOGOR - The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Bogor Regency, West Java, revealed that the area has experienced another natural disaster in the form of land shifts in Wargajaya Village, Sukamakmur District.

"Based water moves easily and carries a layer of soil below which is based on a plate layer resulting in a shift in the ground approximately one kilometer from zero," said Bogor Regency BPBD Emergency and Logistics Staff, Jalaludin, quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, March 29.

According to him, the land shift incident that resulted in one villa building being heavily damaged occurred on Tuesday, March 28 evening. The disaster also damaged alternative road infrastructure that connects Bogor Regency with Cianjur Regency.

Jalal said that BPBD had made several handling efforts in the form of coordination with local officials, conducting rapid assessments and analysis at disaster sites, as well as providing disaster education and appeals to the surrounding community.

"The material of the collapsed building has not yet been cleaned and the shift is still continuing in approximately 20 minutes. It is estimated that the results of the analysis of members at the location will require further handling from related parties," explained Jalal.

Land shift also occurred several times in Bogor Regency in 2022. Finally, it occurred on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 in Bojongkoneng Village, Babakanmadang District which resulted in damage to several village buildings and roads.

Previously, Middle Earth Researcher at the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG), Agus Budianto, said that the shift in land in Bojongkoneng, Bogor Regency, West Java was caused by landslides of the type of soil termite.

"We see that there is a foundation of moving soil rock, and we find it is a clay layer there. Now that clay layer is the field that slips there," he explained.

Agus explained, when the vegetation in the Bojongkoneng area disappeared, rainwater with heavy intensity could make the soil surface saturated.

"The water moves easily and carries a layer of soil below which is based on the clay layer," said Agus.

So he appealed to the public to avoid soil zones that had suffered cracks. Because according to him the threat is not only to make buildings collapse, but to make land collapse.