Japan-sponsored project may be canceled

Japan-sponsored project may be canceled

DENPASAR, Bali: A waste water treatment project in Sawung to
be financed by a Rp 400 million grant from the Japanese
government is expected to be canceled due to protests from local
residents.

"We cannot go on with the project because many of the local
residents around the site have voiced their opposition to the
planned project," the head of the provincial planning agency,
Sujana Cahyana, said here on Tuesday.

Sujana said the residents did not fully understood the
importance of the high-tech project, which is aimed at helping
them treat the waste water from their homes without contaminating
their surroundings.

In response to the protests, Sujana said his office had
dispatched a team to increase the people's awareness of the
importance of waste water treatment.

The World Bank has set an Aug. 31 deadline for the start of
the construction project. -- Antara