KENDARI - Jalan Trans Sulawesi was completely paralyzed due to the overflowing flood of the two-meter high Lalindu River that hit Sambandate Village, Oheo District, North Konawe Regency, Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra).

Head of the Operations Section (KBO) of the North Konawe Traffic Unit, Ipda Zulfikar, said that his party had deployed 30 personnel to secure people and vehicles who wanted to cross the area where the Lalindu River flood occurred on Jalan Trans Sulawesi since May 3, 2024.

"About three kilometers of long queues of vehicles that were completely paralyzed from Kendari to Morowali, or vice versa," said Zulfikar, quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, May 11.

As an anticipatory measure, his party has brought order to vehicles, traders, and also motorists who use raft services to regulate traffic in Oheo District.

"As many as 300 vehicles, both two- and four-wheelers, want to cross the flood area," he said.

The floods that flowed through Oheo District came from the overflow of the Lalindu River and other areas that ended up on Jalan Trans Sulawesi.

"There is afterwater, the area above the mountains has running water here, Sambandate," he explained.


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