Barabai, South Kalimantan (ANTARA) - The 1002-05/Pandawan Sub-district Military Command (Koramil) in Hulu Sungai Tengah (HST) Disrict, South Kalimantan, together with residents have built an emergency bridge as alternative after the embankment broke due to flooding.
"The broken embankment have caused an access connecting Masiraan Village from (neighborhood unit of) RT 02 to RT 03 to RT 04 being cut off. Residents' rice fields were also submerged," said Masiraan Village Head Ahmad Fauzi here on Wednesday.
The embankment broke because it was not strong enough to withstand the flood which occurred for the third time this month. TNI and residents tok the initiative to build emergency bridge to re-connect residents access.
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“This road is very vital. As a result of this incident, transportation was cut off and two-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicles could not pass. So, we took the initiative to build an emergency bridge that at least can be passed by motorbikes,” he said.
Fauzi said the construction of the emergency bridge took almost a full day, becuase it was quite difficult due to high water flow. They also used several coconut trees taken from nearby areas.
Not only residents and TNI, the construction also involved Pandawan Fire Brigade (BPK).
Fauzi said, HST Public Works and Spatial Planning (PUPR) Office had inspected the condition. The village hopes this can be handled, considerign this road is a vital access for the community and is expected to be able to withstand water flow so as not to inundate the residents rice fields areas.
Sementara itu, Chief Sergeant Rahmadhani, the Babinsa (non-commissioned officers in charge of village supervision) of Koramil 1002-05/Pandawan, said that the emergency bridge was a temporary measure while waiting for permanent embankment repair.
"We hope the regional government can immediately take concret action to repair the broken embankment so that similar incident does not happen again,” said Rahmadhani.
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