'City of Death' in Jatigede Sumedang Reservoir
Due to the long dry season, the Jatigede Reservoir dries up. The debris of the houses and buried graves appeared to the mainland. The reservoir is like a dead city.
Long drought, waterlogging in Jatigede Reservoir, Sumedang Regency, West Java shrank. The debris of the houses that had previously sunk back to the surface.
Not long ago, detikTravel visited Jatigede Dam in Cipaku Village, Darmaraja District, Sumedang Regency. House debris, such as tiles, fortress, kitchen, bathroom, well and others are seen again.
The background of the rubble of the building is a unique sight for photographers, not infrequently the background of the rubble is used as a means to take pictures. The scene was like a dead city left by its inhabitants. "The scenery is real, not artificial or edited like the dead city left by its citizens.
The sight of the remains of the house's rubble was devastated as if swept by a big wave after the Aceh tsunami.
"The scene, reminiscent of the tsunami that occurred in Aceh a few years ago and damaged thousands of residents' buildings, leaving debris," he explained.
Damage to houses that occurred in Aceh due to natural disasters. If the existing settlement at the Jatigede Dam was destroyed because it was drowned to become a dam. The building here was damaged because it was sunk into a dam.
