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Boediono Wants Lapindo Disaster Area for 'Nature Recreation'
September 22, 2011

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blightyboy
9:52am Sep 23, 2011

Indonesia has thousand and thousands of islands that hold immense natural, jaw dropping beauty, and somebody comes up with an idea to turn the Worlds largest lake of MUD into an Area for 'Nature Recreation'.

It gets better every day.

blightyboy
9:46am Sep 23, 2011

Boediono?

Valkyrie
7:17am Sep 23, 2011

Hmmmm.....even cockroaches won't survive. The guy with that "hanging jaw" is laughing all the way to the bank.

And, if one would take notice, it's Boediono (bodoh no?)who's suddenly emerging on the scene. Clever move Mr. President sir!

Gosh! You're right there DrDez. They are going to use public money.

Justifiable, Jilly?

DrDez
6:41am Sep 23, 2011

An area designated a natural emergency (ongoing) to be re designated nature recreation ??? Does anyone have a clue what that means??

Oh JillyUK - golly gosh !! notice that is is public money being spent here again NOT your chums


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Vice President Boediono on Thursday demanded a comprehensive solution for the area hit by the Lapindo mudflow, from paying compensation to all victims to turning the impacted land into a “nature recreation” area.

“It should not be for housing, but for a public purpose, as well as for environmental security and other purposes such as nature recreation,” he said in a press conference at the Juanda airport in Surabaya.

Boediono was meeting with representatives from nine neighborhoods and three villages affected by the disaster to discuss payment of compensation. He said that with approval from the House of Representatives, payments could be completed by 2012, when the government plans to take over the land.  

“So the land can be used for public purposes, there will be a special program between the central and regional government,” he said.

Under the existing scheme, residential land was valued at Rp 1 million ($113) per square meter, while farmland was valued at Rp 120,000 per square meter. However, East Java Governor Soekarwo said Lapindo had only paid compensation for 72 percent of the inundated lands.

Boediono said he would require Soekarwo and the district heads to use the land rather than leaving it abandoned.

“After the plan is finished, we will try to do it with the regional and state budget and do it soon,” he said. “This is to change the disaster into a more cheerful situation so the people living in Sidoarjo, Porong, can enjoy this as part of their lives. Our effort is to solve this so public can live peacefully.”

The mudflow, which began erupting in May 2006 and has been named after Lapindo Brantas — the Bakrie Group subsidiary blamed for the disaster — has destroyed hundreds of homes, swamped 720 hectares of land and displaced thousands of people since it began erupting just 200 meters from the mouth of the ruptured Lapindo gas well.

To prevent further impact, Boediono said that there should be waterway shortcuts made through the three villages into Porong River constructed soon to anticipate the rainy season.

“It is very urgent to control the water flow and the mudflow as well as using it to decrease mud accumulation to stabilize the impact in the villages,” he said.

Another solution to reduce the impact of the mudflow is the government’s plan to finish the construction of an arterial road by the end of this year.

“So next year, God willing, we can reduce the traffic barriers because there is a transportation problem in East Java after the mudflow disaster,” he said.

JG, Antara