Land Shiftation In Cibanteng Cianjur Village Expands

Residents' houses in Cibanteng Village, Sukaresmi District, Cianjur Regency, West Java, collapsed due to land shifts continuing to expand and deepen, Friday (11/14/2025). ANTARA/Ahmad Fikri

CIANJUR - The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Cianjur Regency, West Java, has dispatched officers and volunteers to collect data and supervise residents in Cibanteng Village, Sukaresmi District and evacuate because land shifts continue to spread.

Secretary of BPBD Cianjur Regency, Asep Sudrajat, said that the extreme weather that was still hitting most of the Cianjur area triggered natural disasters, including land shifts that continued to spread, made people's houses collapse.

"It was recorded that one resident's house in Cibuntu Village, which was previously heavily damaged, collapsed because the land shift continued to spread and grew deeply, so that around 12 families consisting of 26 people fled to their relatives' houses," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, November 14.

Meanwhile, dozens of other family heads were asked to be alert and alert to evacuate immediately when it rained heavily with an intensity of more than two hours because it could trigger further widespread ground shifts in the area.

Currently, around 5 officers accompanied by volunteers carry out data collection and supervision as well as reporting the situation every day, including evacuating residents when they see natural signs of a disaster that continues to spread.

"The temporary report that the shift in the land also caused the bottom of the main road connecting villages that had been cast with concrete cast to collapse so that it was dangerous when passed," he said.

His party has coordinated with related agencies to carry out quick handling so that the road runway does not collapse so that it can hinder residents' activities, especially the economy and activities of school children.

Cibanteng Village Head Muryani said the land shift had been seen since the past week, but continued to expand in the last two days, so that one of the two damaged houses collapsed evenly to the ground.

Not only destroying residential areas, land shifts also caused damage to the 20-meter village road, where roads with concrete casts on the bottom began to erode so that they were threatened with collapse.

"All areas of Cibanteng Village are prone to land shifts and landslides, so residents are asked to always be vigilant and ready, including immediately evacuating when it rains heavily at night," he said.