South Garut-Bandung Route Returns To Normal After Being Hit By A Landslide

Officers try to get rid of landslide material on the southern route of Garut-Bandung crossing Talegong, Garut Regency, West Java / Photo: Antara

GARUT - The southern route connecting Talegong District, Garut Regency - Bandung, West Java, which was hit by a landslide has returned to normal and can be crossed by both two and four-wheeled vehicles from two directions, Monday, April 4. Closing the road can already be cleaned using heavy equipment vehicles by the relevant agencies shortly after the landslide incident, Sunday, April 3 night. He said heavy rain was one of the triggers for the landslide disaster in the Awisuti Bridge area, Citalegong, Talegong District to cover the road that connects Bandung. Crossing the Pangalengan sub-district with Talegong, Garut Regency. The landslide material piled up the main road, he said, making motorized vehicles from Garut to Bandung and vice versa unable to pass. Officers from related services, he said, used heavy equipment to try to get rid of the landslide material. so that bi We reopened the road, so that the flow of vehicular traffic returned to normal. "Heavy equipment arrived quickly so that the evacuation process could be carried out quickly," he was quoted as saying by Antara. appealed to road users to always be vigilant and careful when passing through the southern route of Garut which has many bends, cliffs and ravines. "We urge you to always be vigilant, be careful when crossing the southern route," he said.