Bandung landslide damages two houses

Bandung landslide damages two houses

BANDUNG: Two houses were damaged in a landslide in Bonjot
hamlet, Rancapanggung village in Cililin district, Bandung
Regency on Saturday. No casualties were reported.

Head of Cililin district, Maskur, said the landslide was the
first in the village.

"We fear that the landslide, which damaged 70 hectares of
paddy fields, will reoccur," said Maskur, adding that over 50
houses located in the landslide area might be affected if another
landslide took place.

He said that 71 families in the area had already moved to
safer areas. Bandung provincial administration and the Indonesian
Red Cross had also set up tents and distributed food to the
villagers. -- Antara