Suspension Bridge At Mukomuko Breaks, Pick Up Car Loaded With Oil Palm Enters The River

The suspension bridge in Pondok Lunang Village, Air Dikit District, Mukomuko Regency broke, Thursday (10/2/2022) ANTARA/HO-Special.

MUKOMUKO - The suspension bridge in Pondok Lunang Village, Air Dikit District, reportedly broke on Thursday, February 10 afternoon when a pick-up truck loaded with fresh palm fruit bunches passed by. So the car went into the river, but there were no casualties as a result of the incident. The government of Mukomuko Regency, Bengkulu Province, is still looking for a solution to be able to build a suspension bridge that broke due to old age, so that vehicles carrying fresh fruit bunches can pass. "If possible, now we are taking emergency steps to build the bridge, namely by repairing it," said the Regional Secretary of Mukomuko Regency, Yandaryat, in Mukomuko, as reported by Antara, Friday, February 11. The local Public Works and Spatial Planning Service is to repair the damaged suspension bridge so that vehicles can pass it immediately in this area. the river," he said. He said the Labor Service The local public and spatial planning works have long made an inventory of the suspension bridge, how the bridge was built permanently. However, this area has limited budget to build the bridge and upgrade it to a permanent bridge. suspension bridge in the area," he said. The village head of Pondok Lunang Burhandari said the suspension bridge in his village was very old, it was built in 2009 so it is natural that the suspension bridge construction was fragile. , namely a car loaded with fresh fruit bunches of palm oil entering the river. Residents independently evacuated the car from the river," he said.