Ganjar Orders Quick Action to Evacuate Banyumas Gold Miners

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo (Special)

TEMANGGUNG - Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo immediately asked his staff to move quickly to handle the gold mining incident in Banyumas Regency. Until now the SAR Team is still trying to evacuate 8 victims who are still trapped in the dug hole.

"It has been checked, now an operation (evacuation) is being carried out. Hopefully, there will be good results," said Ganjar after attending the "Ngopi Bareng Mas Ganjar" event in Temanggung, Thursday, July 27.

It ensures that it will continue to monitor until it actually gets the expected results. According to him, the unfortunate incident was a warning that mining permits need to be considered.

"We will continue to monitor and at the same time serve as a warning to all related to mining, please really prepare everything. And convey a permit, if without a permit everything can happen like this," explained Ganjar.

Not only in the Pancurendang gold mine, Banyumas, the number one person in Central Java has ordered all government agencies to evaluate and check all existing mines.

"We told them to check everything. How many there are, and where are they? And we hope that all government officials, district heads, sub-district heads, and village heads will know from the start that we can educate them and talk to them. We can also socialize them," he said.

It is known that eight gold miners in Pancurendang Village, Ajibarang District, Banyumas Regency, Central Java, were trapped in water in a 70-meter-deep dug hole.

They have been stuck at the location since Tuesday night. As of last Wednesday, the miners, all of whom came from Bogor, West Java, could not be evacuated.