Cliff As High As 30 Meters Longsor, Cianjur Southern Line Temporarily Closed

A 10-meter long landslide closed the provincial road runway in Sukanagara District, Cianjur Regency, West Java, so that traffic flow was temporarily cut off (ANTARA)

The route to the southern region of Cianjur, West Java, precisely in the Cadas Hideung area, Sukanagara District, was temporarily closed due to landslides, so the police appealed to road users, especially travelers from Lebaran 2023, to be extra careful and alert when passing.

Sukanagara Police Chief, AKP Tio when contacted Tuesday, in Cianjur said heavy rains that fell from noon to evening made a 30-meter high cliff on the side of the landslide road and partially closed the main road runway connecting sub-districts in the southern region.

"For the time being it cannot be passed by vehicles because landslides closed part of the road runway, which at the time of the incident was crowded with vehicles, but there were no casualties or material casualties, only a long queue was seen as long as 5 kilometers from both directions," he said.

His party has coordinated with the relevant agencies in the West Java Provincial Government to lower heavy equipment because the road has the status of a provincial road, which is the main route connecting sub-districts in the southern region.

While waiting for heavy equipment, joint officers and residents tried to get rid of the landslide material that blocked the 10 meter long road runway with an avalanche height of about one meter in the form of stones and trees of various sizes.

"We are targeting landslide material cleaning to be carried out quickly when heavy equipment arrives, for now it is targeted that two-wheeled vehicles can pass because from morning to noon this route is crowded with travelers and tourists," he said.

Several eyewitnesses said the landslide occurred when it rained for more than two hours, causing a cliff on the right side of the road from the Cianjur direction, landslides and closing part of the road runway. There were no casualties or buried vehicles.

"After a few hours of rain, residents have seen the movement of cliff soil, so this was reported to officers who were immediately alerted tens of meters before the location, so that when the landslide occurred there were no casualties or passing vehicles," said an eye witness to residents around Adang.