A LETTER of protest lay in the office of Harsono, Regent of Ngawi, East Java. He planned to send the letter to the Governor of East Java to be further passed on to Perusahaan Umum Jasa Tirta I, the state company managing Gajah Mungkur Reservoir.

Harsono was angry about the management of the reservoir, located in Wonogiri, Central Java. Without any warning, the personnel in charge opened its gate on December 26. All at once, a flash flood was ru