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        "id": 1727375,
        "msgid": "tangerang-residents-fear-worsening-floods-due-to-embankment-collapse-oh-no-were-really-stressed-1778259124",
        "date": "2026-05-08 23:17:42",
        "title": "Tangerang Residents Fear Worsening Floods Due to Embankment Collapse: Oh No, We're Really Stressed!",
        "author": "Ambaranie Nadia Kemala Movanita",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Infrastructure",
        "summary": "Residents of Duren Villa in Tangerang are increasingly anxious about severe flooding following the collapse of an embankment along the Kali Wetan river, which could allow water to overflow more rapidly into their neighbourhoods during high river flows. Local leaders reported prior erosion issues to authorities, but no substantial repairs were made before the incident on Friday, leaving communities to warn each other while awaiting action. The Tangerang City Government has responded with temporary measures, including installing sandbags and bamboo reinforcements to prevent immediate overflows and stabilise the damaged area ahead of the rainy season.",
        "content": "<p>TANGERANG - Residents of Duren Villa Housing Estate, Pedurenan Ward,\nKarang Tengah Subdistrict, Tangerang City, are worried that flooding\nwill worsen after the embankment along the Kali Wetan riverbank\ncollapsed on Friday (8\/5\/2026). The embankment collapse is feared to\ncause water to overflow more quickly into residents\u2019 settlements when\nthe Kali Wetan river\u2019s flow increases. \u201cWith the breach and collapse of\nthis embankment, I\u2019m worried it will make things worse if the water\nrises again and the flow increases like that,\u201d said Danang, Chairman of\nRT 07\/RW 02 Pedurenan, when met by Kompas.com at the location on Friday.\nAt that time, he had reported abrasion beneath the embankment that\ncaused the foundation to erode. \u201cThat caused the embankment to hang\nbecause the base had already been eroded,\u201d he said. Over time, the\ncondition of the embankment continued to deteriorate. Even about two\nweeks before the collapse, the paving block road on top of the\nembankment began to sink and tilt. Although reports had been made, there\nwas no concrete handling until the embankment finally collapsed in the\nearly hours of Friday. \u201cSo the residents\u2019 anticipation was only to\ninform other residents that this was being processed, but it collapsed\nfirst,\u201d said Danang. Another resident, Ananda (35), is worried that this\ncondition will trigger larger floods in the Duren Villa area and\nsurroundings. Therefore, Ananda hopes the government will immediately\naccelerate permanent embankment repairs before the rainy season.\nMeanwhile, the Tangerang City Government installed sandbags and bamboo\naround the collapsed embankment area. This was done as a precaution to\nprevent Kali Wetan water from overflowing into residents\u2019 settlements\nwhen it rains. \u201cThe OP team has already anticipated it initially. After\nthat, we will do two things. First, anticipation if the water suddenly\nrises so at several points we install sandbags in the hope that it does\nnot enter residents\u2019 areas if it overflows,\u201d said Taufik Syahzaeni, Head\nof the Public Works and Spatial Planning Department (PUPR) of Tangerang\nCity, when contacted by Kompas.com via WhatsApp on Friday. In addition\nto installing sandbags, the Tangerang City Government also installed\nbamboo to strengthen the collapsed embankment area so it does not widen\nfurther. \u201cSecond, temporary handling for strengthening the retaining\nwall and the landslide,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
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