State Abuse in Wadas Village
Monday, February 14, 2022
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.
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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