State Abuse in Wadas Village
The construction of the Bener dam is in breach of a number of regulations, and might even be a violation of the Constitution. It is not right to use repressive measures against people opposing a development project.
Tempo
February 14, 2022
THE Bener Dam project in Purworejo, Central Java, adds to the long list of development projects that have ignored the principles of sustainability. For the sake of a plan claimed to be a strategic national project, the government has changed regulations, manipulated land management and ignored the environment and the people, and has even breached the Constitution.
The 365-hectare Bener Dam project would hold 32.67 million cubic meters of water t
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