Fishing village destroyed in storm

Fishing village destroyed in storm

PANDEGLANG, West Java: Dozens of houses in the fishing village of Teluk, Labuan were destroyed by huge waves recently.

Antara reported yesterday that the size of waves in the Sunda Strait has risen since mid-November. Waves and rain struck the houses located very near the shoreline, it reported.

Several fishermen complained that the construction of a breakwater, which the Ministry of Transportation's local office started three months ago, was recently halted. No explanation was available as to why the project was stopped.

"Had the project been completed, the waves wouldn't have destroyed our homes," one fishermen said.

"It was probably stopped because the workers ran out of building materials," another said. (fai/swe)