Bali Satpol PP Asks Villages In Kuta To Remind Kite Prohibition Zones

The 505 PK-WSP Bell helicopter that crashed due to its propeller was wrapped in a kite rope on Suluban Beach, Pecatu Village, South Kuta District, Badung Regency, Bali, on Friday (19/7). BETWEEN PHOTOS/Fikri Yusuf.

The Head of the Bali Civil Service Police Unit, Dewa Nyoman Rai Dharmadi, hopes that the traditional villages and service villages, especially in the Kuta to South Kuta sub-districts, Badung Regency, can remind them of the no-flying zone.

"We hope to be consistent and assisted by traditional village friends and service villages, so that it can be assisted by the community so that there will be no more (flight accidents due to kites) because it is near the airport runway," said Rai Dharmadi as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, July 22.

He conveyed this related to the crash of a helicopter due to being wrapped in a rope in Banjar Suluban, Pecatu Village, South Kuta District, Badung Regency, Bali, on Friday (19/7).

According to him, in the Bali Regional Regulation (Perda) Number 9 of 2000 concerning Prohibition of Increasing Kites and Similar Games at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport and Around it has been regulated in detail that for a radius of 0-9 kilometers, zones that are not allowed at all to raise kites.

Meanwhile, with a radius of 9-18 kilometers, it is allowed to fly kites but with a height limit of 100 meters. "This is sometimes uncontrollable in the field," he said.

He said there were a number of challenges in enforcing the Regional Regulation 9/2000, including that the kites were mostly played by school children and flown to stay overnight, so that finding points where they were tied was not easy.

"The existing regional regulation is effective and still relevant for enforcement. Yesterday it did not enforce because most of those who played kites were school children," he said.

Because they are still children's age, so they are considered psychological impacts when they have to be tried. Those who violate the regional regulation are finally only given guidance.

"But because there was a helicopter accident like this, we tried to get to enforcement. We will sort it out, if parents (who played kites) there is no reason not to know and must know. Socialization has also been done in advance. If this is ignored, it will be fatal," said Rai Dharmadi.

He emphasized that the government does not prohibit people from playing kites, but regulates where they can play kites.

"Indeed, not all people understand the dangers of playing kites around the airport and also about Sutet (extra high voltage air channel)," he continued.

With incidents like this, Rai Dharmadi hopes that the public can accept control and be assisted to remind children which areas are allowed and cannot play kites.

He did not deny that when controlling kites, Satpol PP was sometimes underestimated by the public. "Often he said that Satpol PP has nothing to do with it, kites are taken care of. It's called a task, we usually hear negative interests because we know that if it is observed, the consequences will be fatal," he said.

As for criminal sanctions in accordance with Article 8 Paragraph 1 of the Bali Provincial Regulation No. 9 of 2000, it is stated that anyone who violates the provisions in Articles 2 and 6 of the regulation is threatened with a maximum imprisonment of three months or a maximum fine of Rp. 5,000,000.