The Waterless Wells
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Jakarta is facing a groundwater shortage. The government plans to raise groundwater rates to tap water price levels.
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AMRAN and Itung make a fortune from the mishap befalling residents of the Radio Republik Indonesia complex in Jakarta. Fortnightly, they deepen the water-scarce wells of the people living in Tanjung Duren subdistrict, West Jakarta. “Without proper deepening, groundwater is hard to pump out,” said Amran, known, along with Itung, as a skilled well driller.
On Tuesday last week, the two drilled the well of Sasri Rais, a resident of neighborhoo
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