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The police carried out security on the route affected by the landslide on Jalan Banjarwangi-Garut, Garut Regency, West Java, Friday (1/12/2023). (ANTARA/HO-Polres Garut

GARUT - The police banned large vehicles such as trucks passing through the Banjarwangi-Garut route due to landslides from pushing parts of the road on Friday, December 1 in the morning.

Head of the Banjarwangi Police, Iptu Amirudin Latif, said the rain that flushed Banjarwangi caused the retaining wall in the Lawang Angin area, Banjarwangi to burst. As a result, the road was eroded, endangering large vehicles if they crossed the route.

"For heavy vehicles or trucks so as not to cross Jalan Raya Banjarwangi and look for other alternative roads," said Amirudin in Garut, West Java, Friday, December 1, which was confiscated by Antara.

He said that currently the road that was eroded by the landslide had been installed with a police line so that no vehicle crossed the road, as well as a sign that motorists were careful when passing through the landslide point.

Furthermore, the police are also coordinating with other agencies to lower members to be alert and regulate the flow of vehicle traffic at road locations affected by landslides.

"Coordinate with relevant agencies to alert members at the scene," he said.

He conveyed that the landslide disaster was known to have occurred at around 01.30 WIB after previously the rain had been pouring down the southern region of Garut.

The landslide also eroded the new 15-meter-long retaining wall with a height of about 23 meters.

The police chief said that his party had coordinated with relevant agencies to overcome roads affected by landslides so that they could be repaired as soon as possible, as well as appealed to residents whose houses were threatened with landslides to be vacated until their conditions were declared safe.

"We urge the residents of Mulyajaya Village to temporarily vacate their homes because there is a concern that there will be a potential for further landslides," he said.

Banjarwangi sub-district head Bambang Hernowo stated that landslides did not only occur on Jalan Banjarwangi-Garut, but also occurred in several other road locations due to rain in the area.

Especially for landslides on the main road, he said, temporary opening and closing lanes were carried out because they were worried that there would be further landslides when a vehicle passed through the route.

He conveyed that the incident had been reported to the Garut Regional Disaster Management Agency and other agencies to be immediately resolved and an examination was carried out to anticipate the impact of the landslide incident.

"BPBD has checked the field, and PUPR coordination for the newly completed development and will follow up because it is still under maintenance," he said.