E. Java complains of water theft

E. Java complains of water theft

SURABAYA: The East Java administration lodged a strong protest
with the Central Java government over their siphoning water from
Bengawan Solo river, which crosses the border areas of the two
provinces.

"A inter-provincial agreement has been prepared to distribute
the allocation of water from Bengawan Solo. But in fact, the
Central Java had already been stealing our water," head of the
East Java irrigation office Hartoyo said on Friday.

He said his office had lodged a verbal complaint with the
Central Java irrigation office, but they had yet to respond.

Hartoyo said the theft occurred in the border areas of Sragen
and Ngawi, and that this had caused water shortages in the
western parts of East Java. -- Antara