Pandeglang Government Responds to Villagers' Blood Petition for Road Repair
The Pandeglang district government has spoken out regarding the demands of residents of Cijaralang Village, Cimanggu District, concerning a damaged road. The incident also drew a response from the Banten Provincial Government.
Head of the Pandeglang Public Works and Spatial Planning Agency (DPUPR), Roni, admitted he was questioned by Banten Governor Andra Soni and Head of the Banten DPUPR, Arlan Marzan, about the road conditions complained of by residents. According to him, the provincial government responded to the viral incident.
‘Yesterday at the pendopo during the Jalan Inpres Daerah (JID) event, the provincial government responded,’ Roni said when confirmed on Wednesday (24/6/2026).
He said the provincial government asked about the Detailed Engineering Design (DED) as a reference for the development plan. However, Roni stated that the Pandeglang district government does not yet have the DED.
‘They asked, “Do you have the DED yet?” We don’t have it yet because in Pandeglang, there is a new programme to create DEDs,’ he said.
Roni continued that the district government will propose the road construction to the provincial government on the condition that the DED is completed. He said that in the upcoming budget revision, his agency will allocate funds for the DED.
‘What is certain is that the DED will be budgeted in the budget revision, because this is not a repair, it must be built,’ he stated.
It was previously known that a number of residents from five hamlets in Cijaralang Village, Cimanggu District, Pandeglang Regency, created a petition using their own blood. The residents demanded the repair of a road that has been damaged for decades.
‘For decades there has been no repair, it’s completely broken,’ said resident representative Sujana (22/6/2026).
Sujana said 59 people representing the five hamlets made the petition by stamping their blood onto white paper containing signatures, hoping the government would take action. According to him, the residents’ blood symbolises an emergency.
‘It is a symbol of pain, the last drop of blood, a truly earnest plea, a symbol of emergency,’ he said.