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        "id": 1369990,
        "msgid": "125-ha-rice-fields-waterless-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-07-05 00:00:00",
        "title": "125 ha rice fields waterless",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "125 ha rice fields waterless BEKASI: About 300 farmers of Lenggahsari village in Cabangbungin regency asked the government on Friday for irrigation pumps to irrigate 125 hectares of rice fields. \"We asked Mayor Wikanda Darmawidjaja to provide us with irrigation pumps to channel water from Ciherang River uphill to our rice fields,\" said Marba, one of the farmers, as quoted by Antara. He claimed that he had lost millions of rupiah due to a lack of water to irrigate his land.",
        "content": "<p>125 ha rice fields waterless<\/p>\n<p>BEKASI: About 300 farmers of Lenggahsari village in<br>\nCabangbungin regency asked the government on Friday for<br>\nirrigation pumps to irrigate 125 hectares of rice fields.<\/p>\n<p>\"We asked Mayor Wikanda Darmawidjaja to provide us with<br>\nirrigation pumps to channel water from Ciherang River uphill to<br>\nour rice fields,\" said Marba, one of the farmers, as quoted by<br>\nAntara.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that he had lost millions of rupiah due to a lack<br>\nof water to irrigate his land. \"Three months ago, the paddy dried<br>\nup and died. Now I cannot pay my debt for the seeds.\"<\/p>\n<p>Another farmer, Tohir, questioned why mayoralty officials had<br>\ndone nothing about addressing the problems farmers faced due to<br>\nthe annual dry season, which had been exceptionally harsh this<br>\nyear.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, Alexander Doloksaribu, who is deputy chief of<br>\nBekasi Council Commission A for administration, said irrigation<br>\npumps could not be procured immediately because the council first<br>\nhad to deliberate the matter before allotting money to buy pumps.<br>\n-- JP<\/p>",
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