Two homes on Jalan Srikandi V, Banjar Sangging, Kamasan village,\nKlungkung district, Klungkung, Bali, collapsed after the foundations on\nthe riverbank gave way. Both houses were empty at the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know exactly when it collapsed because I was at an event at\nthe time,\u201d one of the homeowners, Ni Kadek Astini, 58, told detikBali on\nTuesday (20 October 2026).<\/p>\n
Astini suspects her house collapsed at around noon on Monday (19\nOctober). She said she was shocked to find it had fallen down.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I got home, it was already like this. The other house had been\nunoccupied for about a month,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
A visit to the site showed that police lines had been put up around\nboth properties. The buildings that fell into the river had not yet been\nremoved.<\/p>\n
Klungkung Police public relations chief I Dewa Nyoman Alit\nPurnawibawa said the homeowners reported the incident at about 9am on\nTuesday. He said both houses stood on leased land.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe two affected homeowners are Ni Wayan Muliani, 53, a secretary at\nAkah village administration, and Ni Kadek Astini, 58, a temporary\nemployee who rents land belonging to Anak Agung Gede Rai Adnyana,\u201d Alit\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Damage to Muliani\u2019s home included the collapse of a five-metre\nsection of the southern retaining wall. The incident also caused the\ngarage to collapse, cracks in the house walls and damage to the floor.\nTotal losses are estimated at Rp75 million.<\/p>\n
At Astini\u2019s home, a section of the southern retaining wall and a\nseven-metre stretch of boundary wall gave way. A small shrine and a\nconcrete chicken coop belonging to Astini also slid into the Tukad Subak\nToye Hee river channel, with losses estimated at around Rp20\nmillion.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaterial losses at the two homes total Rp95 million,\u201d Alit said.<\/p>\n
The two houses are in the Srinadi Klungkung Cooperative Housing\ncomplex, directly above the retaining wall along the Tukad Subak Toye\nHee river channel.<\/p>\n
Work is currently under way on a riverbank reinforcement project in\nthe channel, led by the Bali-Penida River Basin Authority (BWS\nBali-Penida). The homeowners have asked the housing developer and the\nauthority to explain what happened and accept responsibility. However,\naccording to initial coordination, the owners have not been able to\nproduce building permits.<\/p>\n
I Wayan Juliarta, the authority\u2019s official in charge of irrigation\nand swamps, said BWS Bali-Penida was willing to help rebuild the\nriverbank retaining wall. This would be conditional on the homeowners\ncomplying with applicable rules, including keeping buildings at least\none metre from the river channel.<\/p>\n
The initial assessment is that the retaining wall\u2019s failure may be\nconnected to the buildings\u2019 position above the river channel, the\ncondition of the fill soil and the impact of the riverbank construction\nwork. \u201cHowever, the precise cause is still awaiting the results of a\ntechnical examination,\u201d he added.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/foundations-give-way-two-homes-on-klungkung-riverbank-collapse-1792493435", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }