Landslides Cover Three Roads In West Manggarai Successfully Handled

The atmosphere after cleaning up landslide material at the road point in Wae Kee, Golo Riwu Village, West Kuwus District, West Manggarai Regency. (ANTARA/HO-Edo Mense)

The landslide material that covered three road points in two villages of West Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), was completed. "The road can be passed by vehicles and the community," said Head of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of West Manggarai Regency, Isfridus Tobong when contacted, Thursday, April 4, confiscated by Antara. He explained that as many as three landslide points were in two sub-districts, namely Ndoso District and West Kuwus District, due to heavy rains some time ago. The joint team consisting of BPBD personnel from West Manggarai and the Public Works and Public Housing Service (PUPR), totaling eight people using one excavator orat, is still cleaning up one landslide point in Momol Village, West Kuwus District. "We hope it will be completed soon," he said.

Ia menjelaskan, titik longsor terparah yang telah dibersihkan terdapat di Wae Kea Desa Golo Riwu, Kecamatan Kuwus Barat, dimana tanah longsor menutupi jalan penghubung Hawe-Compang Kules-Golo Riwu.Kepala Desa Golo Riwu Edo Mense berterima kasih atas kesigapan pemda menangani tanah longsor yang menghambat aktivitas warga. "Ini membuktikan bahwa adanya pelayanan publik yang baik di dalam sistem Pemkab Manggarai Barat," katanya.Sebelumnya pada Selasa 2 April, Pemkab Manggarai Barat menerjunkan tim gabungan untuk membersihkan material longsor.Hujan deras dua pekan lalu di Kecamatan Ndoso mengakibatkan tanah longsor di Desa Tentang dan dua titik longsor Desa Momol.Sementara itu pada hujan deras pada Jumat 29 Maret, mengakibatkan tanah longsor yang menutupi jalan penghubung Hawe-Compang Kules-Golo Riwu, tepatnya di Wae Kea, Kecamatan Kuwus.Ia menambahkan, personel gabungan sudah dalam perjalanan ke lokasi dan memprioritaskan penanganan longsor di Kecamatan Kuwus, guna membuka akses bagi warga dua yakni Desa Compang Kules dan Desa Golo Riwu.

"Two other landslide points can still be passed by vehicles, then dig a little at the top of the road where there are hills because they are prone, while the worst is in West Kuwus District," he said. Landslides by a joint team from the West Manggarai BPBD and the West Manggarai PUPR Service, he said, targeted for completion this week. "The target is one week before Lebaran has been completed, hopefully there will be no problems at the location," he said.