PORTALJABAR, BANDUNG CITY - The Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) appreciates the residents of Kampung Cipondok who are willing to leave their homes which are located close to the location where the landslide occurred last Sunday (7/1/2023).

This was conveyed by the Head of BNPB, Lt. Gen. TNI Suharyanto, when inspecting the location affected by the landslide in Cipondok Village, Pesanggrahan Village, Kasomalang District, Subang Regency, West Java, Wednesday (10/1/2024).

Based on a report from the Subang Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), at least 40 residents' houses were threatened by land movement due to the landslide incident in Cipondok Village.

"The people of Subang who were affected by the disaster have also increased their awareness, they want to leave their homes and are in refugee camps, there are several hundred people," he said.

"Even though it is consistently decreasing, residents are not returning to their own homes because they are worried about further landslides, but are temporarily going to the homes of their relatives and other families," he added.

Report from the Subang Regency Integrated Disaster Post on Wednesday (10/1/2024) as many as 138 residents consisting of adults, children, toddlers, pregnant women and the elderly were staying in refugee camps at the NurrusSyifa Taklim Council and RA Fajrul Islam, District Kasomalang.

Suharyanto stated that the handling of refugees carried out by the Subang Regency Regional Government had gone well. All elements of Forkopimda are actively involved in handling landslide evacuees in Cipondok Village, including the Subang Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), TNI, Polri, PMI, Social Service and other elements in the emergency post as a command post and organizer of strategy and coordination.

The Subang Regency Health Center has also opened health services since the first day the refugee post was established.

A landslide in Cipondok Village, Kasomalang District, Subang Regency caused material losses to five stalls owned by residents, three lanes of fish ponds and two hectares of rice fields were buried by landslide material.

The landslide this time also damaged the water connection pipe belonging to PDAM Subang Regency. As a result, as many as 13,000 PDAM water customers in three sub-districts, namely Jalancagak District, Kasomalang District and Cisalak District, had their access to clean water cut off.

Regarding material losses from the Cipondok landslide, Subang Regency, the Head of BNPB gave directions to the Subang Regional Government through the Acting Regent of Subang Regency, Imran, among other things, to repair damaged PDAM pipes so that PDAM customers can immediately meet their clean water needs.

"For short-term handling, BNPB is working with the Subang Regency Government to handle the damage to the PDAM pipe so that the water needs of these 13,000 customers can be met," he said.

Furthermore, Suharyanto instructed the Regional Head of Subang Regency to make an environmental study regarding the hilly areas and residential areas around the Cipondok landslide location. The technical implementation will be in collaboration with related agencies such as the Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation (PVMBG).

It is hoped that the results of this study can provide recommendations to the Subang District Government to take policies regarding land issues around the Cipondok Village spring.

In this series of activities to inspect locations and evacuees from the Subang Regency landslide disaster, the Head of BNPB also handed over operational support for emergency management of landslides in Subang Regency in the form of ready-to-use funds amounting to 250 million rupiah to the Subang District Government.

Apart from that, equipment and logistics support was also handed over in the form of 200 blankets, 200 mattresses, 100 basic food packages, 216 bottles of liquid soap, 200 pouches of ready-to-eat food, 200 boxes of mineral water, and 1 unit of refugee tent. (no/rdp* )