Work On Handling Retak Pura Uluwatu Bali Cliff Reaches 70 Percent

Workers carry out the process of handling cracked cliffs at Uluwatu Temple, Badung, Bali, Tuesday (12/24/2024). BETWEEN/Naufal Fikri Yusuf

The progress of working on the cracked cliff handling project at Uluwatu Temple, South Kuta, Badung Regency, Bali has now reached around 70 percent.

"The percentage progress is in the 70 percent position until the 22nd week of work. If the estimate is completed, maybe in mid-January 2025," said Head of Water Resources of the PUPR Service Badung Anak Agung Rama Putra during a public consultation related to the project, Tuesday.

In the project, project implementers carried out a number of works including the construction of access roads to the beach, beach border access roads, protection and repair of cliffs and construction of coastal safety.

The effort was made following a crack in the cliffs of Pura Uluwatu in the form of rock erosion under the Main Mandala Temple which endangers the stability of cliffs and erosion of cliff feet at the foot of cliffs due to sea waves.

Agung Rama Putra said that all handling efforts were carried out in parallel and continued to be accelerated to accelerate the implementation of the project, which was originally targeted to be completed by the end of 2024.

According to him, currently the inspection road construction is considered to have been completed, the revetment section is still in progress, which at a certain point will also be installed tetrapod. In addition, the crack section on the cliff that was found was also being worked on.

After the construction phase, the road that was built was also emphasized only as access for the purposes of handling cliff cracks and maintenance as well as for religious worship purposes and will not be used as a tourism route.

The team has identified which cliff points have been cracked. Likewise, on the side of the temple there is another group. We are currently the one who is major in terms of weight in terms of revetment and roads," said Agung Rama Putra.

At the public consultation activity, his party and the project implementers conducted socialization, discussing and absorbing input from people who live and are active around the Uluwatu Temple area.