sidoarjo

found out this place last year by my lecturer...a disaster from greedy human being!!!

image from NASA

this was how it happen

any clue? let's get to know what happen...

petikan harian metro 2010/03/30

Kawasan bencana lumpur jadi produk pelancongan


JAKARTA: Presiden Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono semalam melawat kawasan ditenggelami lumpur gunung berapi didakwa berpunca daripada kegiatan mencari gali gas dan berkata, kawasan bencana itu boleh dijadikan destinasi pelancongan. Lumpur telah menenggelamkan tanah dan rumah di daerah Sidoarjo di Jawa Timur sejak Mei 2006, mengancam lebih 100,000 penduduk dan menyebabkan kerugian RM16 bilion. Ia telah menenggelamkan 12 kampung, membunuh 13 penduduk selain 42,000 hilang tempat tinggal serta memusnahkan 800 hektar tanah pertanian dan perindustrian. Dalam lawatan itu Yudhoyono terpaksa mengaku salah dan mendengar kemarahan masyarakat di situ berikutan kelewatan mendapat pampasan. Susilo juga berjanji kawasan bencana itu akan ditukar menjadi peluang untuk mereka meningkatkan ekonomi. “Dengan reka bentuk dan konsep yang baik, kita boleh menukarkan kawasan ini kepada sesuatu yang berguna, sama ada sebagai pusat pelancongan geologi, perikanan atau seumpamanya. “Jika ia diuruskan dengan baik, saya percaya kawasan ini boleh membawa kebaikan kepada masyarakat,” katanya. - AFP

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1) Sidoarjo is a regency (kabupaten) of East Java, Indonesia. Sidoarjo is bordered by Surabaya city and Gresik regency to the north, by Pasuruan regency to the south, by Mojokerto regency to the west and by the Madura Strait to the east. It has an area of 634.89 km², making it the smallest regency in East Java. As of 2000, Sidoarjo had a population of 1,549,883. The regency is part of the urban planning region surrounding Surabaya, known as 'Gerbangkertosusila'.

2) Mud flow 2006; more than 10,000 people in the Porong subdistrict have been displaced by the hot mud flowing from a natural gas well being drilled by Lapindo Brantas, an oil well company that is part of a conglomerate owned by Coordinating Minister for the People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie. Gas and hot mud started spewing from the well on May 28, when the drill penetrated a layer of liquid sediment. Attempts to pump concrete down the well did not stop the flow. While some scientists have speculated that the earthquake that struck Yogyakarta on May 27, the day before the well erupted, may have cracked the ground, creating potential pathways for the mud to reach the surface, others have suggested that the drilling procedure was faulty by not using a casing. Some 50,000 cubic metres of hot mud were erupting every day as of August; in September, the amount increased to some 125,000 cubic metres daily. On September 26 barriers built to hold back the mud failed, resulting in the flooding of more villages. As of late September 2006 scientists are saying that the eruption may be a mud volcano forming, and may be impossible to stop.



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