Gunungkidul govt to resettle fishermen

Gunungkidul govt to resettle fishermen

YOGYAKARTA: The Gunungkidul administration will conduct a
transmigration program aimed at resettling local fishermen to
areas near their work in the regency.

Wagiran, chief of the local manpower and transmigration
ministry office, said here on Tuesday that during the first
phase, the local administration would relocate 100 fishermen
living in Kanogoro village to a coastal area in Saptosari
subdistrict.

"We will develop low-cost but decent housing for the fishermen
in the subdistricts where they are fishing," he said, adding that
the resettlement would start in January 2002.

He said the resettlement program would cost Rp 2 billion, paid
for by the central government.

He also said his office sent 50 families to join a
resettlement program in South Sumatra last month. --Antara