Having Been Closed For A Full Month, The Golden Mining Ring Society In Palu Finally Opened Access To The Road

Illustration of mine access that is closed/ANTARA

PALU - Palu Police Chief Kombes Barkiansyah said that the gold mining ring community in Poboya Village, Palu, Central Sulawesi Province had again opened road access after an agreement with PT Citra Palu Mineral (PT CPM). "The public itself has opened access after what they conveyed was followed up by the company and the situation and conditions are gradually recovering," he said in Palu, Antara, Monday, November 21. The opening of the road access after being closed for one month was witnessed directly by the customary secretary of Poboya Village and the head of Pemuda, Poboya Village. "The opening process is going well and conducive as well as representatives from the community who have met with the company, no one has been harmed," he explained. As for one of the contents of the agreement, he said, the people of Poboya and the people of the ring may do a river in Kijang 30 or mining locations that have been cool to the community. "In the process, the community will be assisted by the company to make it a ditch to make it easier to take materials and the location is also separated from companies that carry out daily operations so that there is no overlap," he said. Meanwhile, technically mining at the location of the 30 deer, Barliansyah said, the community was given time to do activities starting at 18.00 WITA until 05.00 WITA. As for the process of mobilizing mining materials by the community, it is carried out from 17.00 WITA to 19.00 WITA or the following day. "Another agreement is that people can set up tarpaulins but only to take shelter from the weather is not more," he said. Therefore, the police appealed to the company and the special community of Poboya not to reopen the problem. "During the transition period, we are waiting for the absolute desire for people's mines by the central government to be guarded by all, there should be no more explosions that end up making noise," he said. Meanwhile, Poboya Indigenous Secretary, Sofyart, said that the public had opened a road blockade because there had been an agreement that essentially fulfilled the rights of the local community. "Because it has been fulfilled, it has been opened for joint use because basically people are not anti-investment so that it should be of full concern to various parties," he said. According to Sofyart, this is a good first step to be able to work together in the future and take care of each other. They also appealed to the public to understand each other, because there are no problems that are resolved in a way that causes negative effects. "If there is a problem, let's talk about it carefully because this is for a mutual agreement, we must obey," he said.