Mud Block Road
Victims of Lapindo Mud Block Road Access to Surabaya.
Monday, 24 March, 2008 | 16:28 WIB
TEMPO Interactive, Sidoarjo: Thousands of Lapindo victims
again blocked the road access to Jalan Raya Porong at five
points this morning (24/3). The blocked areas were the
former bridge of Porong Toll Road, Tugu Kuning Siring, the
access in front of Porong PLN, at the Porong market, and
Porong bridge.
The victims that blocked the access were those unregistered
in the map area of mud impact. They come from the village of
Siring Barat, Jatirejo Barat, Mindi, Ketapang, Plumbon,
Kalitengah, Glagaharum, Pamotan, and Gedang.
They blocked the access at 9 o'clock this morning. By coming
together, they blocked the access in their own area. This
action happened in two places : Tugu Kuning and Porong
market.
Jalan Raya Porong is the only access to the eastern part in
East Java from Surabaya after the tollroad of Porong buried
by mud two years ago.
“Our demand is only one. We want the governor or regent to
give us the judicial certainty as to whether our land is
still right to be lived on or not,”said Bambang Kuswanto,
one of the coordinators in the demonstration. They also
demanded compensation for entire rice fields that are buried
by mud.
They showed several posters. One of them said: “The
President should put nine villages on the map of the mud
area. The regent has to be responsible, We are dying.
Lapindo is cursed.”
This action should be planned to continue until they hear
from the regional government. “When we have certainty from
regent and governor, we will act again to demand the central
government to pay the damage,” said Bambang.
ROHMAN TAUFIQ
http://www.tempointeraktif.com/hg/nasional/2008/03/24/brk,20080324-119707,uk.html
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