Landslide Road in Amuntai Indonesia

Country road in the region Tabalong, precisely at Km Jalan Ahmad Yani 2014 RT 2 PUGAAN Village, District PUGAAN, suffered fractures to hundreds of meters. As a result, traffic flow back to the public holiday to be disturbed.

This road connects with Tanjung Hulu Sungai Utara (HSU) in South Kalimantan and East Barito District (Bartim) Central Kalimantan province. Wide cracks have reached half a meter, while the roads were cracked up to one hundred meters. As a result, a number of vehicles were forced to stop at the crossing and turn around to find an alternative way else they could go through. Congestion also could occur.
Residents around and Department of Public Works (PU) local, moved quickly to try to improve the road split. Although the improvement is only done on an emergency basis. Namely, the road split in the soil Uruk. So motorists can pass.
PUGAAN village chief, says Fath, damage to roads cut since it happened on Wednesday (22/7) evening. "Initially collapsed on the side of the road, but started last night around 23:00, the damage is getting worse," he said.
He said there was no sound whatsoever when the road was reduced a few centimeters. Only a sudden night just gone down and cracked.
In addition, the way he tells it collapsed already reviewed the Department of Public Works districts and provinces to be remedied. However, as an emergency effort landfill Uruk done to commercialize the vehicle can pass.
Fortunately, these cracks could not destroy the house AMuntai villagers. The reason, only horizontal cracks a few meters in front of their house. Just to get out of the house, they had to make an emergency bridge.
Maisyaroh, residents have stalls right next to the collapsed states, quite anxious to collapsed roads. "Yes anxious," he said.
Even so, he felt no need to move the stall, because there has been repaired.
Head of Department of Public Works Tabalong H Noor Muhammad Rifan said road damage has been done in PUGAAN corrective measures by the backfill, so impassable crevices while. In addition to record what repairs will be carried out kedepanya. "It used to handling an emergency," he said.
The rest, he also has to coordinate with the Traffic Police Tabalong seeking the transfer of the current through the other way, so that motorists can pass.
Police Kasatlantas Tabalong AKP Fauzan Franklyn explained, after checking the alternative road was intended to divert motorists also damaged road, so the road remains to be crossed collapsed.
"We have contacted the relevant agencies that the road is still used by the open-close system. We ask for the help of residents," he said.
The rest of the large vehicle, as do the control, still remain to be crossed. However, as a prevention Tabalong Traffic Police have coordinated with the Coast Traffic Hambawang to transfer the path to Amuntai.
"The car is great to want to be transferred to the Family and to Tanjung Balangan. PUGAAN not pass," he said.
In order to be a concern, Fauzan urged motorists to remain cautious when crossing there because the road is prone to landslides, considering the position of the road which is on the side of a cliff. "But until now I have no reports of traffic accident. Traffic accident nil," he said.