Dozens protest cemetery development

Dozens protest cemetery development

BOGOR: Dozens of villagers from Babakan Pasir Kalong, Cariu
district in Bogor regency, visited the local council on Wednesday
to protest against the development of a cemetery, which they said
had cut off their water.

They claimed that the Cibaregbeg river, on which they relied
for their water, had been clogged up by soil waste from the
Nirwana Cemetery project, which is to be used for ethnic Chinese
burials.

As a result, thousands of people were being forced to walk
around one kilometer to fetch clean water.

According to the protesters, because of the project around 150
hectares of rice fields were now dry.--JP