Landslide Closes Road Access to Tempur Village in Jepara
Jepara — A landslide disaster occurred again on the road leading to Tempur Village, Keling District, Jepara Regency, Central Java, after a cliff approximately 100 metres high collapsed and blocked access for local residents.
According to Keling District Head Lulut Andi Ariyanto in Jepara on Wednesday, the landslide site is located in Damarwulan Village, Keling District, Jepara. However, its impact has closed the road access to Tempur Village.
Tempur Village Head Maryono added that the landslide occurred on Tuesday (10 March) at 21:30 local time.
As a result of the incident, the Damarwulan-Tempur Road cannot be passed, because in addition to being blocked by landslide material consisting of earth, there are also large boulders.
Residents of Tempur Village who wish to conduct activities are forced to use an alternative route, namely through Medani Village, Cluwak District, Pati Regency, with a longer route because it passes through Pati territory.
To clean up the road so it can be passed again, he said, it cannot be done manually, but rather requires deploying heavy equipment, given that large boulders are not just one but quite numerous.
Besides blocking road access, the landslide material that fell also damaged the road surface, which is 4 metres wide.
“We also hope for immediate handling of the PLN electrical network cables because they are cut off due to one electrical pole being affected,” he stated.
Meanwhile, the Acting Head of the Jepara Regency Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Arwin Noor Isdiyanto revealed that heavy equipment has already been deployed to handle the landslide material blocking road access.
“The heavy equipment that was previously at Kaliombo has now been moved to the landslide location in Damarwulan Village,” he said.
To handle the large boulders blocking access to Tempur Village, he said, a large 1-tonne class excavator breaker is required. The handling must also be extra careful because there are still large boulders hanging on the cliff.
“Hopefully it can be handled quickly, so that road access can be used again by residents,” he said.