Locals take money to stop blockade

Locals take money to stop blockade

BEKASI: Residents of three subdistricts near the Bantar Gebang
dump in Bekasi agreed on Friday to stop blocking the entrance to
the dump following the Bekasi administration's decision to pay
them Rp 100,000 (US$11.6) each.

They also agreed that the compensation would be channeled
through a community fund manager under the supervision of the
city development agency.

The residents had previously demanded that the administration
compensate them to the tune of Rp 150,000 for three months after
Bekasi agreed to extend the use of Bantar Gebang as a dump for
Jakarta's 6,000 tons of daily garbage. -- JP