Losses Due To Floods And Lebak Landslides Achieved IDR 23 Billion

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JAKARTA - Floods and landslides in five sub-districts in Lebak, Banten, last October damaged bridge infrastructure, roads, and disrupted the community's economy. The loss is estimated at Rp23 billion. "We propose the amount of losses from the impact of the natural disaster to the Central Government and the Banten Provincial Government," said Head of the Lebak Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Febby Rizky Pratama in Lebak, Wednesday, October 19. Impact of flood and landslide losses in the five sub-districts totaling Rp23 billion and the largest value is in road and bridge infrastructure up to Rp18 billion. Meanwhile, social and economic losses, such as houses, rice fields Rp5 billion.

Luckily, he said, floods and landslides in the five sub-districts included Bayah, Cibeber, Cilograng, Cigemblong and Panggarangan, which did not result in any casualties or injuries. "We ask residents to remain alert to further disasters, because the potential for heavy rain accompanied by coffins/plates and strong winds is still likely," he explained as quoted by Antara. According to him, the Lebak Regency Government is now proposing for the construction of roads and bridges that suffered heavy damage due to the impact of these natural disasters to the Central Government and the Banten Provincial Government. This is because, if it is charged to the local government, it certainly does not have a budget. In fact, the six bridge points cross by the community to connect between villages and inter-districts are vital in order to encourage economic, educational and health access. Currently, BPBD Lebak serves communities in areas affected by bridge damage by using rubber boats. In fact, people who cross the crossing through the crossing using rubber boats are quite a lot to go to the center of the sub-district office.

"We hope that the repair of road and bridge infrastructure can be realized as soon as possible," he said. Meanwhile, the Secretary of the Lebak Regency Bayah District, Edi Supriadi, said that currently there are two units of bridge damage due to flooding. "We appreciate the BPBD of Banten Province and Lebak serving community crossings using rubber boats," he said.