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CNN Indonesia
Thursday, January 4, 2024, 8:07 p.m. IWST
Landslide illustration. (Photo: iStockphoto/Alexlky)
Yogyakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Part of the cemetery complex in the area of Kampung Mlangi, Sawahan, Nogotirto, Gamping, Sleman, DIY Experience landslide due to heavy rain, Thursday (April 1st).
Dukuh Sawahan, Alip, said the area where the landslide occurred was on the southern side of the Pathok Negoro Mlangi Mosque cemetery complex. It happened around 2.30pm WIB as heavy rain fell over the Sleman area and its surrounding areas.
According to Alip, the landslide started with the blockage of one of the drainage channels on the wall on the south side of the cemetery complex.
“Because it was very strong, the intensity was high, the duration was quite long, there was quite a lot of water, then there was rubbish in the canal blocking it. So the water couldn’t come out, he was blocked until the water was half a meter deep, but the area was quite large,” Alip said when contacted on Thursday.
Subsequently, residents took the initiative to clear the water drains of the garbage that was clogging them.
“Once the blockage was cleared, the water was able to drain away, but it didn’t last long, fifteen seconds later a landslide occurred because the grave fence could not support the huge flood of water,” he explained.
The landslide, Alip continued, damaged several graves in the cemetery complex and resulted in soil covering the road.
“The residents found it earlier, there were two or three human bones. But they were immediately returned to the grave,” he said.
Aside from burying the bones that were washed away in the landslide, Alip said, residents also worked together to return the earth that spilled onto the road back to the cemetery complex. Although the results were unable to ensure burial conditions as before.
His party plans to coordinate with the sub-district government to rebuild the fence of the cemetery complex that was destroyed in the landslide.
“Yes, the fence needs to be rebuilt and reinforced,” he said.
(kum/pmg)
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