Word: lusis
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...everyone in the camp, along with services such as a medical clinic and a makeshift mosque. But the villagers are quick to recite a litany of complaints, from the quality of the rations to the health effects of the mud (though the government team says the gas coming from Lusi has no ill effect, locals complain of difficulty breathing and strange rashes). Mostly, though, they complain about money. On the orders of the Indonesian government, Lapindo has agreed to compensate the villagers with a total of $412 million - the company is offering 20% of the money up front, with...
...carry out our protests in a peaceful manner," he said. "We never have anarchy." Then he added, for portentous effect: "Not yet." The demonstrations are indeed growing more aggressive: on Feb. 19, villagers blockaded a main road in the Sidoarjo area to protest a new parliamentary report that concludes Lusi was a natural disaster...
...sell half the beleaguered Lapindo to the Freehold Group, registered in the British Virgin Islands. That deal also collapsed amid controversy. The attempted corporate reshuffling raised fears among many that Lapindo was preparing to declare bankruptcy, thus potentially allowing parent company Energi Mega Persada to evade any liability for Lusi. Lapindo says it is committed to compensating Lusi's victims...
...response to the disaster has been muddy at best. "The government is not serious in its handling of the disposal of the mud or settling the social problems caused by the disaster," says Sonny Keraf, Indonesia's former Environment Minister and head of a parliamentary investigation into Lusi. "They are leaving the people to face the company when it should be acting as a bridge between them." Keraf says that, while he believes Lapindo is acting in good faith, the government's indecisiveness is blunting any sense of urgency. A yearlong police investigation into the eruption has resulted...
...cleaning up Lusi's mess won't be easy. In a worrying sign, heavy rains in early January caused a breach in the levees, forcing more than a hundred families to evacuate. With the government's attempts to stop or channel the mud faltering, and the tide rising by the day, the sludge that swallowed Porong could eventually threaten another quarter-million homes. Indonesia's Big Hole only gets deeper...