Padang-Butiittinggi Liaison Road Buried By Landslides

Piles of landslide material that hoard the body of Jorong Limo Badak, Nagari or East Malak Village, Malalak District, Agam Regency, West Sumatra,. (ANTARA)

LUBUK BASUNG - The provincial road that connects Padang City, West Sumatra to Bukittinggi City, precisely in Jorong Limo Badak, Nagari or East Malalak Village, Malalak District, Agam Regency was buried by landslides due to high rainfall that hit the area, Saturday at around 19.10 WIB. Head of the Agam Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Budi Perwira Negara in Lubuk Basung Saturday said landslide material covered the access road of the province along the 12 meters with a height of up to 3-4 meters. "The road cannot be passed by two-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicles, because it is still buried in landslides," he explained, BPBD Agam has coordinated with the sub-district government and nagari for data collection.

After that, coordinate with the Bukittinggi Regional Road Hall to clean up landslide materials. "We have coordinated with the Road Hall to reduce heavy equipment in cleaning landslide material," he said. He admitted that landslides were hoarding the provincial roads due to high rainfall hitting Agam since Saturday afternoon. BPBD Agam is still recording natural disasters. the impact of rainfall is quite high in several sub-districts. He said.