Squatter families to be resettled

Squatter families to be resettled

PALANGKA RAYA, Central Kalimantan: More than 87,200 families
of forest squatters in the province are to be resettled in the
one-million-hectare peat moss area being developed into an
agricultural project, Antara reported yesterday.

The agency quoted Rukmana Sardjadidjaja of the Office of the
State Minister of Environment as saying that President Soeharto
ordered the program. A total of 300,000 families to be moved to
the peat moss area.

Rukmana said social and cultural approaches are being used to
help smoothen the resettlement process.

Of the one million hectares earmarked for the project, 586,700
have been declared suitable for plantation and horticulture
projects.

Each family is to be given 2.25 hectares of land. (swe)