Jakarta –
Landslide disaster in Empang Village, Kota Bogor, leaving a sad story. The last victim found dead by the SAR Team was a grandmother and grandson who were in an embracing position.
The grandmother was named Yuli (65) and her grandson was named M Yusuf (8 months). Both were found in the room.
The joint SAR coordinator, Faber S from the Jakarta SAR Office, said Yuli and Yusuf were found under a pile landslide 1.5 meters deep. Finally they were evacuated using excavators.
“Indeed, when our team found the two victims using an excavator, the baby was in an embrace with his grandmother, so the two victims were found simultaneously,” said Faber S when met at the landslide site, Friday (17/3/2023).
“Yes, when the position was found above, there was some kind of debris, above it was a pile of earth, a depth of about 1.5 meters,” he added.
Yuli and Yusuf were found at 13.30 WIB. With that, the search was officially closed.
Black Zone Location
Bogor Deputy Mayor Dedie A Rachim said the location of the landslide in Sirnasari Village, Empang Village, Bogor City, was in the black zone and could not be used as a place to live. Relocation will be carried out for residents who currently live in that location.
“There are 17 houses in total, as many as 5 houses destroyed, and 18 families are inhabited. But overall the position is in the black zone. You can’t live there, let alone build there,” said Dedie after accompanying the Minister of Transportation Budi Karya to review the condition of the hanging rails. landslide, Friday (17/3).
Dedie said that 17 houses at the landslide site in Sirnasari Village, Empang Village, Bogor City, were under a 30-meter-high cliff and were at the mouth of the fast-flowing Cisadane River. The 17 houses stand on the land of PT KAI and the West Java Natural Resources Management Agency (PSDA).
“There must be a distance between the drainage, the river and the settlement. This is also the same, especially on the right side of the settlement is the swift Cisadane River, on the left side there is a steep cliff more than 30 meters high. We urge people not to take risks and risk their lives to stay in that location,” said Dedie.
“Hopefully we can work together later on treatment so that no more people live below (the landslide site), which is indeed included in the PSDA land and part of PT KAI’s land. So don’t take risks by living in dangerous places, that’s the point. ,” added Deddy.
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