BNPB: Access To The Mamasa-Mamuju National Road Is Broken By Land Buried By Landslides

A number of houses and road access were affected by landslides in Mamasa Regency, West Sulawesi, Tuesday (21/5/2024) (ANTARA/HO-BNPB)

JAKARTA - The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported that national road access connecting Mamasa-Mamuju Regency, West Sulawesi, was still cut off due to landslides. Head of the BNPB Disaster Data, Information and Communication Center Abdul Muhari said the impact of damage to road access had occurred since the local area was hit by landslides on Tuesday, May 21, at around 15.30 WITA. The BNPB Pusdalops team also informed that currently the road from Bambang District to Mambi was completely cut off so that vehicles, both two and four wheels, could not be passed. "The data collected is currently 1,270 residents who are still displaced due to landslides in Mamasa Regency," he said in a report received in Jakarta, Antara, Friday, May 24. He explained that the thousands of landslide victims were residents spread across 27 villages in Bambang, Tarim, Mambi, and Aranle sub-districts. They fled to the homes of their respective relatives or families around the location of the incident which was safer. BNPB ensures that currently a number of heavy equipment has been deployed to deal with landslides that cover road bodies, including those that cover residential areas, so that they can be re-functioned by the community. The joint team of officers, which included the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), the TNI/Polri, and Basarnas, continued to prioritize the distribution of logistical assistance, in the form of basic necessities and equipment for victims during the post-disaster normalization process.

He is optimistic that efforts to deal with the impact of disasters can take place quickly after the Regent of Mamasa has determined the Land Land Land Land Land Land Emergency Response Status with a letter no. 360/KPTS-111/V/2024 which is valid for the next 14 days.