BPLS officer put one unit of afloat excavator at Porong river. However the effort was not optimized yet as the mud sedimentation can not flown away due to the small debit of water. Achmad Zulkarnaen, BPLS  Public Relation said this is the only effort to reduce the mud sedimentation at Porong river, particularly in the area below the spillway drainage pipes. The effort will continue till the rainy season come. The small debit of Porong river caused by the usage of the water for irrigation and drinking water processed by PDAM. Thus the water can not be used to spray the mud. Up to now, the officers face difficulties to banish the mud to Porong river as the mud volume goes to spillway relatively small and not much mud can be banished to Porong river. For few days, the mud scolding getting more concentrated as the water content lesser. This condition makes difficulties to direction the mud to the south as usual.  2 units Toyo pump placed at intake pond control can not be maximized as the water supplied from Porong river to dilute the mud can not be maximized too due to the small debit of water.
Achmad Zulkarnaen explained the situation push BPLS to work more hard to keep the mud directed to the south side of scolding to the spillway. If it can’t the mud will precipitate and problems will be more.


2. Water Volume in Pond Step Down
(Radar Surabaya)

Radar Surabaya :
The Caterpillar 300 water pump imported form Australia and placed at the Besuki pond dam gave a significant result. The pump can suck 3000 cubic meters water per hour and already installed since last week. The pump can reduce the water volume inside the Besuki pond area. This situation makes the pond dam more stable and safe from water seepage.
Achmad Zulkarnaen, BPLS Public Relation said the existence of new water pump highly influence to Besuki dam pond. The pump can reduce the water volume inside the Besuki pond. This will minimize the threaten to dam pond. He said the pump will continually operated in 24 hours to reduce the water. We will keep the water volume lesser in big quantity so as it will safe the pond dam. Now the starting to precipitate and only the water threaten the pond dam.


3. Head of Renokenongo Village Ask the Residents To Be Sworn
(Radar Surabaya)

Radar Surabaya :
Mahmudatul Fatchiyah, Acting Head of Renokenongo Village urged the residents that had unclear land and building ownership to be sworn. This as the solution to get the amends from PT MLJ for their sinking asset.  He explained after the meeting with the residents representative at the village hall on Saturday (28/7). He asked the residents to be sworn particularly for the residents who had the uncertified land and building.
Mahmudah hoped the residents will to accept the 20% DP payment from PT MLJ. The money can be used for their suitable living while waiting the rest 80%. It is better to receive the 20% DP first. Mahmudah also noticed to the RT and RW functionally to collect the residents incomplete documents immediately as a lot of residents still not completed the lands and buildings verification documents yet. He asked all the Head of RT and RW immediately collected the data of the residents asset. It included for the residents accepted the 20% DP or the residents still demanded the 50% DP. He also asked to treat the same for both.


4. Depression Cause Anarchy
(Surya)

Surya :
Adrianus Meliana, Indonesian University (UI) Criminolog said the street blockade action by the residents can be more intensive if the situation forced them to do. It means the mud victims getting more depression. If it happened again, it can be seen clearly the peoples already depressed so they can not do anything without a fully conscious. He judged the peoples depression can be seen from their street blockade action and also when their demonstration to ask the Police to free Joko Suprastowo, the suspect of PT MLJ staff intimidation last time ago.
Adrianus said that phenomenon shows the peoples action just only driven by determined and disconsolate. In this situation better for us not to think formalistic. If the law confirmation will result nothing then don’t do that. He reminded that the police officers to be more wise and analyze the problems comprehensively so the law enforcement does not create a new problem.


5. Children Refugees Start to School
(Radar Surabaya)

Radar Surabaya :
Happiness seen from the Renokenongo children refugees that lived at PBP, Saturday morning (28/7). By using the long arm T-shirt and brown training suit, they went together to new kindergarten.
H. Sunarto, Pagar Rekontrak Coordinator said the kindergarten expected to educate the children at the evacuation area. He hoped the children can be comforted and at the same time they can be educated. He also expected their mothers can pay attention to their children education as it is important to them. We expected this situation can be ended and the residents and their children can have a proper live and education.


6. Mud Victim Businessmen Protected
(Jawa Pos)

Jawa Pos  :
Mud victim businessmen demanded that still not received the amends start to mediation. Yesterday they met Sidoarjo Regent, Win Hendrarso mediated by Ehma Ainun Najib. Emha alias Cak Nun said this is another homework that still not settled yet besides the non certified lands and buildings problems..
The meeting attended by 13 businessmen joined the GPKLL. The meeting agenda was to formulate the amends mechanism to the mud victim businessmen.
Lapindo offered the amends in global. In the other side, GPKLL wanted the calculation based on each loss component, i.e. land, building, working capital and bank losses.
Cak Nun promised to inform the mechanism less than a week.
Win Hendrarso, Sidoarjo Regent said Sidoarjo govt will not stay silent concerning the problem. One of the effort is to try the payment of Rp. 700 thousand/month for each worker realized again. The govt will also try to facilitate the businessmen interest after the amends. This is the effort to keep their investment stay in Sidoarjo. Govt will give the special dispensation concerning the tax and retribution and govt also will prepare the space for their factories. Govt will give protection from a certain parties that disturb their business as long as they inform the govt where they want to build new factory in Sidoarjo.


7. Mud Victims Training
(Jawa Pos)

Jawa Pos  :
The pangs of Sidoarjo mud victims wakened the Unesa Institution of Society Dedication (LPM). They carried out the food science, dressmaking and make up science to mud victims ladies. The training held on at PBP going on in 3 days and ended on Friday (27/7). The attendants asked the same activity should carried out again later and it duration should be more than 3 days.
Yuli Rahmawati, one of the attendants said he got a new knowledge form that training and he intended to be an entrepreneur.
However there still a big problems behind. The capital and marketing. Budi Jatmiko, Assistant I of Unesa University Head urged the society to keep care to the mud victims by collecting the fund to be distributed to the victims. Unesa LPM plans to do the same again and the proposal ready to send to General Director of Advance Education (Dikti) Educational Affairs Ministry.
Supari Muslim, Head of Unesa LPM said there are three activities included i.e. entrepreneurship, educational assistance to the mud victim children and skill enhancement for housewives. The purpose of the activity is to give the skill capability to the housewives and to enhance the children educational quality. It expected to give the opportunity to the victims to do their own business.

(rbu/awk/udt) 

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