Tasikmalaya-Pandandaran Closed Landslides, BPBD Advises Residents To Use Alternative Paths

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The landslide hit Tasikmalaya Regency. As a result, the inter-district route access in Cineam Tasiklamaya to the southern cross-section was covered by landslide material on Wednesday, May 3.

Head of the Emergency and Logistics Division of the Tasikmalaya Regency BPBD Kurnia Trisna said the landslide landslides closed the road on Wednesday, May 3, due to heavy rains that had flushed since Tuesday, May 2.

"Longsoran is in the form of TPT (ground retaining wall) and land blocking roads," he said in Tasikmalaya.

He said heavy rains flushed the Tasikmalaya area causing the cliff retaining wall to collapse on Jalan Cineam-Singkup KM14, Cisarua Village, which connects with Pangandaran Regency, and landslides also threaten the danger of one resident's house building.

According to him, apart from heavy rains, landslides were caused by long-standing cliff retaining walls, and previously there had also been cracks so that they could not withstand the load of the soil which eventually collapsed.

"It's like not being strong enough, before there had been cracks, it looks like it's been a long time," he said.

He conveyed that the landslide on the cliff that hit the road was estimated to be 40 meters long and about 8 meters high so that four-wheeled vehicles could not pass through that route, and had to use other alternative routes.

"There are still several alternatives for four wheels, through Cijulang Village, Cineam," he said.

He revealed that the area is one of the areas in Tasikmalaya Regency with a potential for landslides, especially during the rainy season.

The current efforts of the Tasikmalaya BPBD, he said, have deployed a number of personnel to the field equipped with equipment to clean up landslide materials so that the road can be passed by vehicles again from both directions.

"Now we are handling using heavy equipment and other equipment, spraying the remaining landslide material," he said.

He appealed to the public to always be aware of the threat of natural disasters because currently the Tasikmalaya Regency area still has the potential to rain with high intensity.

To reduce disaster risk, the Tasikmalaya BPBD has put up danger signs, as well as disseminating information about appeals and warnings of potential natural disasters through social media.