Mandung people refuse weste facilities

Mandung people refuse weste facilities

DENPASAR, Bali: Mandung people in Kerambitan subdistrict,
Tabanan, Bali, voiced their opposition on Tuesday against a plan
by the Tabanan administration to build a waste treatment facility
in their area as it was too close to their dwellings.

"We're worried that the waste facility, which would be built
to too close to us, would affect our health," said I Nyoman
Kardi, representing the protesters.

According to him, the administration had initially told the
Mandung people that it planned to build the Rp 8.8 billion waste
treatment facility about three kilometers away from the people's
houses, but it turned out later that the distance would be only
about 1.2 kilometers.

The local administration has not yet responded to the protest.
--Antara