Warga Tutup Paksa Tambang Ilegal di Batam lantaran Dianggap Merusak Lingkungan

Warga di Kelurahan Sambau, Kota Batam, Kepulauan Riau, Rabu 6 September 2023 menutup paksa sebuah tambang pasir ilegal yang merusak lingkungan.

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00:00 "Come here, come here."

00:02 Fishermen and tourists in the Sambaw village of Batam city, Riau island,

00:09 forced to close illegal sand mining on the 6th of September.

00:14 The environmental pollution from the mining that has been operated for three months

00:19 has made fishermen have difficulty finding fish and prawns in the marsh,

00:23 polluting the beach and threatening the ecosystem of the Bakau tree.

00:29 Fishermen can no longer find fish and prawns in the Ulu Ladang area,

00:35 because it is already covered with mud, so there is no more nature.

00:40 The second problem is that there is a mangrove mud.

00:45 If the mangrove is already covered with this red mud,

00:50 it is likely that the fish will die.

00:52 So I think we should reduce it, because there is a nature there,

00:58 while here it is abandoned.

01:00 Before closing the mine, the owner of the mining business has received a fine,

01:04 but the warning was ignored.

01:06 The head of the Nongsa fishing group hopes that the business activities there

01:11 can be accompanied by environmental conservation.

01:14 So we don't want the tourism industry in our place to be destroyed.

01:21 Now we can see under the Nongsa Pura Bridge, it is now yellow.

01:27 We can check it now, it is a coincidence that the water is flowing,

01:30 we can come there and see, it is already yellow.

01:33 What does it mean?

01:34 This is a threat to the tourism industry that we are trying to improve.

01:39 Nongsa Beach is an area that is being developed for international-class tourism

01:45 by the government of the city of Batam,

01:47 and becomes a crossing of ships from Batam to Singapore.

01:51 From Batam to Riau Island, Holdan Parlahungan,

01:55 Antara News Agency reported.

01:58 Thank you.

01:59 Thank you.

02:01 Thank you.

02:03 Thank you.

02:04 Thank you.

02:06 For more information, visit www.fema.gov

02:10 For more information, visit www.fema.gov