Cimadur Bridge Was Heavily Damaged By A Landslide, Inner Village Of Bayah, Banten, Was Isolated

Students crossing the emergency road at Cimadur Bridge, Banten. ANTARA/Mansur

BANTEN - A landslide that hit Bayah District, Lebak Regency, Banten Province, severely damaged the Cimadur Bridge. As a result, four-wheeled vehicles are now unable to cross the inter-village road.

"We made an emergency bridge from planks so that motorbikes can cross it," said Ubam (40), a resident of East Bayah, Lebak Regency, Banten, Tuesday, October 11.

The Cimadur bridge is very vital that connects villages in the area to facilitate economic, education, health access to the sub-district center.

People who cross the Cimadur Bridge from villages in the interior of Bayah District, Lebak Regency.

Currently, he said, the condition of the Cimadur Bridge is concerning that it cannot be crossed by four-wheeled vehicles. The Cimadur Bridge collapsed when a landslide was hit by a flash flood caused by heavy rains on Sunday, October 9.

Communities in the area independently build an emergency road so that motorbikes can cross it.

"We hope that the local government will be able to rebuild the bridge as soon as possible," he said.

Siti Hamamah (16), a student of SMKN 1 Bayah said she was afraid to cross the emergency road built by the community because the board as the base for the track was slippery.

Luckily, she said, residents helped her while crossing the emergency road. "We hope that the Cimadur bridge, which was affected by the landslide, will soon be rebuilt," she said.

Abdul Halim (45), a resident of Bayah, Lebak Regency, said that currently he cannot cross to Cimanyak Village using a four-wheeled vehicle, because the Cimadur bridge collapsed.

"We, as collectors, certainly cannot accommodate the grain of farmers entering the harvest season due to the landslide of the Cimadur bridge," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Lebak Regency, Febby Rizky Pratama, said that the regional government is currently collecting data on road and bridge infrastructure affected by flash floods and landslides.

Currently, the Lebak BPBD has only recorded three suspension bridges whose condition was heavily damaged by natural disasters.

"All damaged bridges and roads will be prioritized for development in accordance with the capacity of the regional budget," he said.