Heavy Rain Collapses in Bungo, Traffic on the Sumbar-Jambi National Road Paralyzed

PADANG, KOMPAS - The Trans-Sumatra National Road collapsed due to heavy rain in Bungo Regency, Jambi Province, Sunday (2/3/2025). Traffic activity on the road connecting West Sumatra and Jambi was completely paralyzed.

The road collapsed at 15:20. The location is in Tukum Village, Jujuhan District, Bungo, not far from the border of Bungo and Dharmasraya, West Sumatra. The road collapsed because the culvert underneath could not accommodate the water discharge.

"The culvert broke and the Trans-Sumatra Highway was completely cut off by about 12 meters," said Head of the Dharmasraya Police Traffic Unit, Adjunct Commissioner Zamrinaldi, Sunday.

As a result of the collapse of the Trans-Sumatra Highway, said Zamrinaldi, traffic access from West Sumatra to Jambi and vice versa cannot be passed by various types of vehicles, both two-wheeled, four-wheeled, six-wheeled, up to three axles and above.

"There was a buildup of vehicles, both two-wheeled, four-wheeled, six-wheeled, and three-axle and above in the jurisdiction of the Dharmasraya Police, West Sumatra Regional Police," he said.

Zamrinaldi added that so far, the police have coordinated with relevant policy makers at the local location, such as the Head of Sungai Rumbai Village, the Head of Sungai Rumbai District, the Dharmasraya Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), the Sungai Rumbai PLN Unit, and the West Sumatra National Road Implementation Center (BPJN).

The police also conducted traffic engineering and diverted traffic from Padang to the alternative old Koto Baru-Tanjung Simalidu Muaro Tebo road. Then, traffic flow from the PT Peset Intersection/Ratu Balqis-Sitiung IV Intersection to the Rantau Ikil Jambi Intersection.

"We urge the public not to approach the location of the broken road," said Zamrinaldi. The police have also installed police lines around the location and made billboards and banners containing information on alternative routes.

Separately, Head of BPJN Sumbar Thabrani said that the location of the broken road was about 1 kilometer from the Sumbar-Jambi border, precisely in Sirih Sekapur Hamlet.

"Temporary information from the Jambi BPJN team, the bailey bridge (emergency bridge) is being mobilized to the location of the incident," he said.

Head of BPBD Dharmasraya Regency Eldison appealed to residents who wanted to cross to choose alternative routes. "The road is completely impassable," he said.

We urge the public not to approach the location of the broken road.