The Meulaboh District Court in Aceh has upheld the lawsuit by the Environment Ministry against a palm oil company which set fire to peatlands. This is the first such win. ON Tuesday, January 8, Sudaryono was very anxious. Several times from early morning he had phoned the prosecutor and lawyer attending the sitting of the Meulaboh District Court in Aceh where a verdict was about to be handed down. […]
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Earthquake in Kebumen Today Felt along Southern Coasts
An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale jolted the southern part of Central Java, to be exact 104 kilometer of southwest of Kebumen, Central Java, or 147 kilometer southwest of Yogyakarta, earlier today at 12:14 Western Indonesian Time. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency’s (BNPB) spokesman, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, said the quake’s epicenter was inside the […]
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6.5 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Central Java
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake has jolted the Central Java city of Kebumen and its surrounding areas. No destruction from the quake has been reported. “The tremor felt quite strong. Even some motorcycles swayed in the quake,” said Sunardi, a resident of Semondo Village, Gombong sub-district, Kebumen, Saturday, January 25, 2014.
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Rawajati expecting more floods
Iing Lisnawati, a resident of Rawajati subdistrict in Pancoran, South Jakarta, smiled bitterly as she pointed her finger at flooded houses, including her home, near the Ciliwung River. During the past week, the mother of two has been living in a building at the Binawan Institute of Health Sciences, located near the flyover on Jl. Kalibata […]
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City focuses on evacuees, traffic and damaged roads
Residents continued to be evacuated, more districts became inundated and traffic on flooded streets halted following heavy incessant rain on Tuesday. The water level in the Ciliwung River in Kampung Melayu, Jatinegara, East Jakarta rose to 6 meters, flooding eight community units (RW) and 96 neighborhood units (RT), kompas.com reported.
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300 Tons of Garbage During Jakarta Floods
Floods in the Capital has resulted in an exquisite amount of garbage. At least 300 tons of garbage per day are carried away by the Sanitation Department of Jakarta from all the rivers in Jakarta during the flood.
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Bekasi Flooding Gets Worse
The water dumped from Bekasi River Dam on Tuesday has caused the area to be flooded even more. As many as seven Sub districts where the water level has dropped rose again until yesterday. Head of Disaster Relief Agency for the Regency of Bekasi, Sahat Banjar Nahor, said the seven sub districts are Muaragembong, Cabangbungin, Babelan, […]
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People turn to hotels, apartments for shelter
The number of people taking refuge from flooding in Greater Jakarta may be a lot higher than the official figure, with middle- to upper-class residents turning to hotels and apartments for shelter. Local chain Tauzia Hotel Management, which operates Harris Hotel in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, experienced an increase in its occupancy rate when flooding inundated […]
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Main driver’s license office closed by flooding
Flooding has forced the police’s driver’s license office located on Jl. Daan Mogot in West Jakarta to suspend services after incessant rain on Saturday and Sunday. City police traffic director Sr. Comr. Nurhadi Yuwono said on Monday the office was closed indefinitely until the threat of flooding was over.
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Clean water supply in Jakarta declines amid major flooding
The input of clean water for processing in Jakarta has fallen by 6 cubic meters per second because of a reduction of supply through the Kali Malang canal from the Jati Luhur dam due to major flooding in Bekasi, West Java. “Normally the water input reaches 17 cubic meters per second, but now it is reduced […]