At least five houses in Cikajang District, Garut Regency, West Java were vacated by the authorities. A number of these residences are threatened with landslides.
"We are worried that there will be further landslides, the Cikajang Police, the Garut Police, appealed to shop owners and houses around the location to temporarily evacuate," said Head of Cikajang Police AKP Patri Arsono in Garut, West Java, Monday, February 5, as reported by Antara.
Previously, his party had asked the home owners in the disaster-prone area to anticipate the potential for further landslides.
He explained that his staff together with the TNI and local government officials had checked the areas affected by the landslide in Sawah Village, Cipangramat Village, Cikajang District shortly after the disaster report, Monday, at around 15.00 WIB.
The Cikajang Police, he said, in accordance with the instructions of the Garut Police Chief, had responded quickly to public reports by taking action to reduce the risk of natural disasters, one of which was to save the community and ensure that there were no casualties.
"There were no casualties in this incident," he said.
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He explained that the heavy rain that flushed the southern region of Garut caused the cliffs as high as 20 meters and a width of about 25 meters of landslides to hit the rice milling area and the local rice fields.
In addition to hitting the building, he said, the incident threatened five residents' houses and stalls.
Therefore, he said, the occupants were asked to flee to the homes of their relatives who were safer.
"There are five residents' houses that temporarily (the occupants) fled to their relatives' places," said the Head of the Patri Police.
After evacuating residents to a safe place, he said, joint officers together with the community handled the avalanche material that hit the village road so that people could pass through the place.
Regarding material losses due to the incident, he said, it was still calculated.
Until now, his party and other joint officers are still focused on tackling areas affected by the disaster, especially reopening access roads for residents.
"The material losses are still calculated and the roads connecting Cipangramatan Village and Jayabakti Village can be passed," he said.
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