Hundreds Hectares Rice Affected Mine Waste

Hundreds of hectares of rice fields owned by residents in the village district pesuoha pomalaa can not harvest due to the floods in red who allegedly came from a mining area in the village Pesuoha.

Head of farmers' groups, which met Sallu rice fields reveal location, approximately 300 hectares of paddy fields damaged and could not be harvested. "Land that has been tilled by farmers for the moment can not be harvested anymore because submerged slightly reddish-colored water," He said.

According to him, a strong suspicion that water running down their fields are contaminated by mining wastes reddish and up to now there are still some flooded rice field is still red.

Sallu hoping to Kolaka Government and other interested parties to address this issue, "This issue must be addressed urgently by the government because citizens could not enjoy their rice crops," he hoped. (Abdi Supanji)