Satpol PP Unloading Buffalo Cages In Lombok Airport Area

Buffaloes belonging to residents are herded in the Lombok International Airport area in Central Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province. (ANTARA/Akhyar)

PRAYA - Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) officers of Central Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province, dismantled buffalo cages and released buffalo that were herded in the Lombok International Airport area.

"We have done the socialization, so today all the buffalo that are herded in the airport area must be removed and we dismantle these buffalo cages," said Head of the Central Lombok Regency Satpol PP Lalu Rinjani as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, May 10.

According to temporary local government data, there are about 200 buffalo that are grazing in the Lombok International Airport area.

Satpol PP carries out control by removing livestock and dismantling livestock cages in the airport environment to prevent disturbances in flight safety and security.

"This is to improve flight safety and security at Lombok international airport," said Lalu Rinjani.

"The presence of these buffalo is quite disturbing activities in the restricted area of Lombok airport," he said, adding, "Once the buffalo entered the runway area."

Then Rinjani said that the airport manager had actually installed a guardrail, but someone had damaged the fence.

Control of airport areas is carried out in stages to ensure that no more buffalo are herded in the Lombok airport area.

According to him, the control of the airport area was previously carried out at the end of 2022. At that time the buffalo owner and herder asked for time until the rice harvest season in January 2023.

However, until now they are still grazing livestock in the airport area.

"Now they ask for time. So, we still ask for their commitment not to grazing buffalo at Lombok airport," he said.

Control of airport areas is also carried out to deal with an assessment of the addition of flight routes abroad.

"We hope that the public can understand the conditions. This is for tourism progress and development in Central Lombok," he said.