Cianjur regent, Suherman said the government is also devising a campaign to raise awareness about the risk of another earthquake.
“With Cianjur proven to be quake-prone, we have to conduct a massive education campaign for adults and even children. We plan on having schools teach pupils what to do when an earthquake hits Cianjur, so that the people of Cianjur will be ready when a disaster strikes,” he said.
SPATIAL PLANNING UNDER REVIEW
Budi Rahayu Toyib, an assistant secretary for the Cianjur government said the regency is planning to ban houses and other structures from being built near the newly discovered fault line.
“We are revising our spatial planning law and making areas straddling the fault line red zones, which means there must not be any human activities there. People who are now living there will be relocated,” the senior Cianjur official told CNA, adding that the government is currently building permanent houses in other parts of the regency for the relocation plan.