Selasa, 19 Februari 2013

Pacitan-dotted lines buried in landslides, Ponorogo

Pacitan (ANTARA News)-the main line of Pacitan-Ponorogo, East Java, was interrupted after a cliff Ridge 30s meters in the side of the highway in the village of Gegeran, district Arjosari, Pacitan Regency, landslides Sunday afternoon, and closed the road underneath.

The information was compiled from several interviewees BETWEEN correspondents in Pacitan mentions that the events occurred at around 17: 00 landslide EST, beginning with the fall of a huge chunk of rock from the top of the cliff.

A rock the size of a car pick up directly hitting the highway that is underneath, and then followed by the avalanche of soil from the slope of the cliff so that all roads covering about 10 meters.

There were no fatalities in the incident however led to the flow of traffic from both directions jammed total.

"Line two-wheel vehicles or four wheel from both sides reach a length of one kilometer more," said Purwo Sasongko, staff of public relations District of Pacitan.

A type of heavy equipment wheel loader and stone splitter (breaker) has been deployed to start getting rid of the landslide material.

While police continued to attempt to divert the flow of vehicle traffic to alternative lanes Pacitan-Purwantoro.

"We indeed have been alerting tool weight on this line, especially during the rainy season," the light of UPT Bina Marga Jatim Head in Pacitan, Purwanto.

Acknowledgment, the point of the avalanche is one of the critical points in the path of Pacitan-Ponorogo.

He mentions there are still dozens of avalanche prone locations that are in the provincial road which runs along 80 kilometers.

(BETWEEN)

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