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Safety Sought From Sidoarjo Mudflow Agency
The Sidoarjo regency administration is seeking a guarantee of safety from the government-backed Sidoarjo Mudflow Handling Agency (BPLS) that the dumping of hot mud into the River Porong will not trigger floods. Since October, 2006, BPLS has redirected 69 million cubic meters of hot mud into the river, triggering sedimentation that could lead to floods…
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Indonesia at the Crossroads (Sigh) Again
Friday, 24 October 2008 – A defining struggle breaks out between a reformer and the king of the country’s old guard. In one direction beckons people like Sri Mulyani Indrawati, the country’s finance minister. Clean, capable, she’s the anti-politician Indonesians love and who foreign investors can’t stop talking about. In one direction beckons people like Sri Mulyani…
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Mud Victims Spooked by Own Ghost Towns
Hundreds of houses in three villages were inundated with mud in Sidoardjo in February, and thousands of people were displaced from their homes, forcing them to live in makeshift tents erected along an abandoned toll road. While the sturdier structures in the three villages — Besuki, Kedung Cangkring and Renokenongo — were left inundated with…
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Victims Refuse to Sell Muddy Land to Lapindo
Some 69 families in the East Java villages of Jatirejo, Siring and Renokenongo are standing their ground, refusing to sell their land as part of the compensation plan proposed by the energy company being held responsible for the mudflow disaster. “If we accept the proposal the company is offering, it will amount to turning our…
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Mudflow Families Celebrate Idul Fitri in Makeshift Huts
For Supardi, the recent Idul Fitri celebrations were vastly different to previous years as his village struggled to rebuild after a devastating mudflow struck in February this year. As neighborhood head of Besuki village, Supardi and his fellow villagers celebrated Idul Fitri in emergency tents and makeshift houses after their homes and farmland were destroyed…
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Indonesia’s One-Man Wrecking Crew
Friday, 10 October 2008, written by Our Correspondent The Jakarta Stock Exchange remains closed after Bakrie Group companies are suspended from trading amid allegations of irregularities Indonesia’s billionaire Chief Welfare Minister Aburizal Bakrie, whose companies are already being held responsible for the biggest man-made environmental disaster in Indonesian history, is now in trouble for playing…
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Jakarta Post Editorial: The Burning Seat
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani has been sitting in the hot seat for some time now, and now her seat has now gone from hot to burning since businesspeople and politicians with vested interests have been making attempts to unseat her. We earnestly hope she will survive this saga. The imbroglio, we suspect, is related to…
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Sekolah Khalid bin Walid Akhirnya Pindah
korbanlumpur.info – Sampai Jumat (24/10) kondisi sekolah Khalid bin Walid kian tak berkutik. Banjir air asin dari pusat semburan lumpur Lapindo, yang dua hari sebelumnya menyebabkan sekolah ini terpaksa diliburkan, kian meninggi dan menutup keseluruan akses jalan ke Renokenongo dari arah timur dan bikin sekolah ini memperpanjang liburnya. “Senin baru bisa masuk,” tutur Tri Ari Wilujeng,…
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Renokenongo Ditanggul, Sekolah Khalid bin Walid Diliburkan
korbanlumpur.info – Pasca bencana lumpur Lapindo kondisi Madrasah Ibtidaiyyah (MI), Madrasah Tsanawiyah (MTs) dan Madrasah Aliyah (MA) Khalid bin Walid di Renokenongo Porong kian memprihatinkan; sudah bangunannya retak karena tanah yang ditempati ambles kini dibanjiri air asin pula. Selasa (21/10) banjir menutup akses jalan masuk sekolah menyebabkan ratusan siswa tiga sekolah ini tidak bisa masuk ke…
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Kali Porong Penuh Lumpur, Penambang Pasir Kehilangan Pekerjaan
korbanlumpur.info – Dulu Samian (40 tahun), warga Permisan Jabon, menjadi penambang pasir di kali Porong. Dia harus merelakan pekerjaannya hilang lantaran kali Porong kini dipenuhi lumpur hingga hampir rata dengan dua pinggirnya. Jam kerja Samian tak lazim yakni mulai jam 3 dini hari saat kali surut dan Samian bisa mengambil pasir dengan leluasa menggunakan perahu kecil.…
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Renokenongo Ditanggul: Warga Protes
korbanlumpur.info – Melihat truk hilir mudik mengusung tanah dan eskavator membikin dasar tanggul lalu memadatkannya warga Renokenongo hanya bisa aksi berteriak menuntut penanggulan dihentikan. “Warga iki kurang opo, warga kurang apa, kami disuruh cash and carry kami ikut, cash and ressetlement kami ikut, cash and relokasi kami ikut, tapi tidak direalisasikan. Sekarang tanah kami ditanggul, kami…
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Belum Dilunasi, Warga Renokenongo Hadang Pembangunan Tanggul Baru
korbanlumpur.info – Ratusan warga Desa Renokenongo menghadang upaya penanggulan yang dilakukan Badan Penanggulangan Lumpur Sidoarjo (BPLS), Jumat (9/10). Ini karena proses pembayaran tanah dan bangunan warga Desa Renokenongo berlarut-larut dan belum tuntas hingga kini. BPLS berencana membangun tanggul baru di area perbatasan Desa Renokenongo-Glagaharum. Alat-alat berat dan truk sirtu yang telah siap sedia melakukan penanggulan…
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Pipa Baru Akan Dibikin, Pengungsi Tol Dipaksa Membongkar Rumahnya
BPLS hanya mengeluarkan perintah tanpa memenuhi ongkosnya. Warga mesti mengongkosi sendiri perpindahan ini.
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Normalisasi Sungai, BPLS Diberi Waktu Dua Minggu
Endapan lumpur Lapindo di Sungai Porong semakin parah dan sangat mengkhawatirkan. Apalagi, sekarang sudah mendekati musim hujan. Beberapa titik tanggul sungai bukan mustahil jebol karena tidak mampu menampung aliran air Sungai Porong yang tidak lancar akibat endapan lumpur.
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Kali Porong Tercemar, Produksi Tambak Permisan Menurun Tajam
“Dulu kita bisa panen tiga kali dalam setahun, sekarang kalau bisa dua kali saja sudah bagus,” Muhammad Erik (23), warga Desa Permisan, Kecamatan Jabon. Sebelum ada lumpur, dia bisa memanen 1 ton. Kini dia hanya mampu memanen kurang dari separuhnya.
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Lapindo Refugees Pray at Mudflow Site
TempoInteractive, Jakarta – Hundreds of Lapindo mudflow refugees held Idul Fitri prayer at the site of the mudlow in Sidoarjo, East Java on Wednesday. The refugees picked one site for their prayer in Ketapang Keres village cancelling the two previous locations within the mud flooded area prepared the day before. Hundreds of Lapindo mudflow refugees held Idul Fitri…
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Lapindo Victims Cry For Cash Aid
“All we have has been submerged below the drying mud,” Muhayatin, 38, a former resident of the submerged village of Renokenongo,
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Bisnis Para Korban Lumpur Lapindo
korbanlumpur.info – Terik sekali siang itu, Sunaji (35 tahun) mengumpulkan bata-bata yang masih utuh diantara pepuingan rumahnya di RT 13 RW 03 Renokenongo. Anak pertamanya Arif Baliyah (kelas enam Sekolah Dasar) bermain-main tak jauh darinya. Tanah di desanya ambles sedalam satu meter lebih setelah dua tahun lebih isi bumi keluar akibat kegagalan pengeboran gas yang dilakukan…
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Pipa Petrokimia Meledak, Warga Permisan Protes
korbanlumpur.info – Sabtu (09/27) pukul 04.00 WIB dini hari, warga Desa Permisan, Kecamatan Jabon, dikejutkan sebuah ledakan keras. Ledakan tersebut membuat warga panik. Suara ledakan semacam itu mengingatkan warga pada ledakan pipa gas Pertamina pada 22 November 2006, yang menyebabkan sedikitnya 14 orang tewas, dan tanggul penahan lumpur jebol. Warga Permisan kian heboh begitu menyadari sumber…