Longsor Cliff Breaks Garut's Southern Line, Police Urge To Pass Pameungpeuk

Road conditions were cut off due to landslides in Cinangsi Village, Toblong Village, Peundeuy District, Garut Regency, West Java, Wednesday (11/9/2024). (ANTARA/HO-Polres Garut)

The Garut Resort Police have installed a police line on the road in the southern area of Garut Regency that was affected by landslide locations so that motorized vehicles would not be crossed temporarily.

"The landslide that caused the Peundeuy-Cibalong sub-district route could not be passed by four-wheelers or two-wheelers at all," said Singajaya Police Chief AKP Anas Nasrudin when contacted, Wednesday, September 11, confiscated by Antara.

He said that the heavy rain that lasted a long time flushed the southern region of Garut from Tuesday, September 10 night to Wednesday, September 11, caused landslide cliffs and eroded the road below, namely in Kampung Cinangsi, Toblong Village, Peundeuy District, Garut Regency.

As a result of the landslide, he said, community activities were disrupted, because they could not pass the main road connecting two sub-districts with motorbikes and cars.

"It disrupts people's activities and access, because two and four wheels cannot pass. This is not a road that is buried by landslides, but subsides, the road is eroded, which is affected by 70 meters," he said.

He conveyed that because the road was cut off and dangerous, the road was closed and a police line was installed, then the vehicle was diverted to another road or to Cibalong or vice versa to Peundey.

Motorized vehicles, he said, from Cibalong District who want to go to the main Garut road must turn around through Pameungpeuk District, which has a distance of about 1 hour.

"If residents of Cibalong have to turn towards Cibalong or towards Pameungpeuk, more or less if they want to go to Garut about 20 km, it could take more than an hour to travel," he said.

He added that his party together with elements of the sub-district and village governments have reported landslides that cut off access to the Garut BPBD, and coordinated with the Garut Regency Public Works and Spatial Planning (PUPR) Office to overcome the road conditions.

The results of temporary observations, he said, the condition of the cut road was not buried by landslides, but the road was eroded, so repairs took a long time.

"So, it can't be opened, it's different from the buried road, maybe later a suspension bridge will be made. There used to be a road mark, but it wasn't used, can it now be used," he said.

He appealed to the public to always be vigilant when passing through areas prone to landslides during the rainy season.

Areas that are currently experiencing landslides, he said, are areas prone to landslides, because the roads have steep cliffs and cliffs.

"Yes, areas prone to landslides, very, very vulnerable, because down steep, to the top of the cliff," said Anas.