Pelindo Deploys Bachoe, Closely Guarded
BANYUWANGI – PT. Indonesian harbour (Pelindo) finally realizing the plan to demolish houses and buildings located in the Boom Beach area, Banyuwangi, yesterday (19/3). There has been no significant resistance from residents who have been living on the land owned by the state-owned company.
Monitoring by journalists from Jawa Pos Radar Banyuwangi, The demolition of the house and building was under strict security guard. Besides that, Pelindo has also deployed heavy backhoe-type vehicles to level houses and buildings in the location that will be used as the marina port area.
In addition to the building being demolished with a backhoe, there are also some citizens who do the demolition of their own houses. On the other hand, there are also residents who refuse to demolish their houses. They asked for a leeway to vacate the residence they had occupied for years.
One of the residents, Kamsiadi, said that basically he realized that the land he occupied was not his right. However, he asked for one to two weeks to vacate the house he shares with his wife and eight sons.
"I hope my house is not demolished with a backhoe. I'm asking for one to two weeks. After that I will unload it myself," he said. Kamsiadi added, other than to vacate the house, allowance of time needed to carry out the disassembly independently. Thus, some building materials, like precarious, wood, and others can be saved.
“I realize that this land is not mine. But I'm asking for a week or two. After this house I demolished, I will look for rent," he said. It says, So far he has lived in the Boom Beach area by adhering to a contract agreement with Pelindo.
He admitted that all this time he had paid land rent of Rp 500 thousand every three years. Greetings Hariyadi, 38, another resident added, residents who live in the Boom Beach area have received a spiritual fund of Rp 4,5 million per head of family (KK).
Spiritual money collected from around 133 The families were used to buy land collectively in the Klatak sub-district area, Kalipuro District. “The result, Each household gets an area of land 5 meters times 5 meter,"Account".
Slamets added, himself and the majority of the other residents of Pantai Boom chose not to occupy the land they collectively bought for the time being. Because, There is no electricity and clean water connection at that location.
"Besides that, Another thing that is quite burdensome for us is the location which is too far from where we work. The majority of the people here (Boom Beach) work as fishermen or fish porters," he said. Meanwhile, General Manager (GM) PT Pelindo Supporting Branch (Capem) Banyuwangi, Eddie Sulaksono, say before disassembling, it has sent notification letters three times.
"Thank God the residents accepted. Until today's demolition (yesterday) going smoothly. There are even some residents who do the demolition themselves,"Account". Eddie wanted, his party has provided spiritual funds to residents who have been living in the Boom Beach area.
Even, Previously, Pelindo had also proposed alternative relocation locations for residents, namely on land owned by PT. Indonesian Railways (KAI) in the Ketapang Village area. However, the plan to relocate to Ketapang failed to materialize because the majority of residents refused on the grounds that it was too far from their place of work.
"So, after giving alms-giving, we let them go where they want to go," he concluded. (radar)
