BPBD Accelerates Handling Of Purbalingga Infiltration Landslide

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JAKARTA - The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Purbalingga Regency, Central Java together with a number of related elements continue to take steps to accelerate the emergency handling of landslides that occurred in Panusupan Village, local district.

Head of BPBD Purbalingga Regency Prayitno said that since the first day (16/10) after the incident, hundreds of joint personnel were deployed to carry out handling at landslide locations and collapsed roads, Panusupan Village, Rembang District.

"A total of approximately 300 joint personnel from BPBD, TNI, Polri, volunteers, students, and local residents were involved in mutual cooperation in taking stones from the Ideng river as well as installing wire gabions to withstand landslide cliffs," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, October 18.

BPBD together with the Public Works and Spatial Planning Agency (DPUPR) of Purbalingga Regency have started installing 20-cubic wire gabions at landslide-prone points as part of an emergency response effort.

According to him, road cracks have also begun to be temporarily closed to prevent damage from getting worse.

In addition to doing physical work, his party has also distributed four logistical assistance packages from the National Amil Zakat Agency (Baznas).

He said the landslide type rotational slide that occurred on Wednesday (15/10) at around 15:15 WIB after the Rembang sub-district was hit by heavy rains with high intensity caused district roads and village roads in Bojongsana Hamlet, Panusupan Village, to subside to a depth of 2.5 meters.

"The damage to the district road reaches a length of about 41 meters with a width of 5 meters, while the village road which has collapsed is 26 meters long. As a result, the mobility of residents in two hamlets, namely Bojongsana and Batur, is disturbed," he said.

Currently, the two roads can only be passed by two-wheeled vehicles after community service.

According to him, this condition had a direct impact on economic activity of 1,162 heads of families or around 3,500 people.

"In addition, landslides also occur on the walls of the Idang river, so it takes quick treatment so as not to cause further landslides," he said.