A Bridge Over Muddy Waters
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
The government takes charge of the mud problem in Sidoarjo. Lapindo is responsible for paying the costs.
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FOR over 100 days, hot mud has been gushing day and night in the Porong district of Sidoarjo. As new gushers appear, a rising sea of dark water continues to engulf surrounding buildings. On Friday of last week, the village of Mindi, about 1 kilometer from the source of the mud, was flooded.
The mud, which began to gush from the gas exploration field of PT Lapindo Brantas, a subsidiary of the Bakrie Group, on May 29, has presently engulfed 1,810 ho
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