Patok Batasan Wilayah Antara Kaltim Dan Kaltara Bershifted 6 Meter

TANJUNG REDEB - Patok or Main Boundary Pillar (PBU) between the provinces of East Kalimantan (Kaltim) and North Kalimantan Province (Kaltara) located in Mangku Padi Village, Tanjung Batu District, Berau Regency shifted about 6 meters from its original place.

"To ensure how far the PBU shifts are from the coordinates of the region, the two provinces will go to the field," said Head of the East Kalimantan Provincial Government Government, Imanuddin, quoted by ANTARA, Monday.

He said it was true that it shifted when it arrived in the field. The area's boundary coordinate points have shifted from their original place, after jointly conducting cross-checks in the field using a GPS device, the PBU two areas saw a shift of about 6 meters with a length of about 20 Kilometers.

"It is true, the regional boundary coordinate points have shifted from their original place, after both of them cross-checked in the field using a GPS tool," he said.

The purpose of both parties from East Kalimantan and Kaltara to go to the field is to return PBU to its original place, according to the Decree of the Ministry of Home Affairs Number 141.

"Indeed, the installation of the PBU coordinate points is under the authority of the central government, because this is an inter-provincial limit," he said.

Imanuddin also admitted that if you use a GPS tool to determine and possibly an error-level GPS tool can reach 2 meters.

Therefore, when it returns the regional boundary marker, it will use a geodesic device, which is considered to have much more accuracy than using GPS.

He hopes that later the Director General of Regional Administration from the center can jointly go to the field, return the PBU stakes.

We will return to PBU one, to take the sea boundary point between East Kalimantan and Kaltara. But in principle, the Ministry of Home Affairs has agreed that the boundaries of the East Kalimantan sea area and Kaltara will take a boundary area from PBU one which is 12 miles from the sea.

Meanwhile, the two parties who took part in the field monitored the boundary markers, including the Head of the East Kalimantan Provincial Government, Imanuddin, accompanied by the Head of the Berau Communication and Information Office Didi Rahmadi, the Head of the Government Section of Berau Muzakir Regency and the Head of the Bulungan Regency Government, Kaltara Jonilius.