242 Families Affected By Moving Land In Sukabumi Asked To Move Immediately

Land Moving Disaster In Wargansari Village, Kadupandak District, Cianjur Regency, West Java (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) stated that at least 242 residents from three villages in Cianjur Regency, West Java who were affected by the geological disaster in the form of ground movement were immediately moved to a safe place.

Head of BNPB Suharyanto said that hundreds of residents had to be moved immediately because their homes and neighborhoods were all badly damaged and could not be occupied again.

"Rumah-rumah yang rusak akibat bencana tanah bergerak ini, sudah tidak bisa dihuni, karena rusak parah dan tidak layak kondisi tanah yang sangat rentan," kata dia dalam keterangan di Jakarta, Selasa.

This transfer plan is the result of a review of the BNPB field with the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG), the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of West Java Province, the Cianjur Regency BPBD and all elements related to the handling of movable land disasters.

BNPB noted that as many as 85 houses were affected by the movement of land that occurred on Friday (22/11) in Waringinsari Village and Sukaraja Village, Wargansari Village, Kadupandak District, Cianjur Regency, West Java.

The movement of this land is also estimated by a team of geologists to have the potential to spread to threaten at least 105 housing units of other residents in the three villages.

Suharyanto ensured that BNPB was ready to build new housing for hundreds of affected residents. His party is currently preparing the area where the new house will be built in collaboration with the Village Head, technical services from the Cianjur Regency Government and the local TNI/Polri.