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The People’s Palm Oil Plantation Development in Merauke Got Started from the Access Construction



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The People’s Palm Oil Plantation Development in Merauke Got Started from the Access Construction

InfoSAWITT, MERAUKE – Koperasi Iska Bekai started the people’s palm oil plantation development in Kampung Salam Epe and Nakias, Distrik Ngguti, Regency of Merauke. This covered the connection way – construction to improve the accessibility from the plantation areas to kampung. It was constructed based on the business permit border of the cooperation in the southern with the written support from the regent of Merauke to construct the access.

Chairman of Koperasi Iska Bekai, Abraham E. Yolmen said that the initiative would be the response from head of Kampung Nakias, Salam Epe, and Tega Epe to mobile the people’s activity and minimize transportation costs that depended on water transportation for all these years. The same request was from the villagers of Kampung Banam Epe and Salam Epe, and Distrik Ngguti and related agencies, such as, Cooperation and Small and Medium Business, Agency: Agriculture Agency, and People’s Housing and Public Work Agency Regency of Merauke supported.

“This is the same with the proposals from the heads of Kampung Nakias, Salam Epe and Tega Epe to construct connection access. The goal is about to smooth the access and mobility of the villagers. Besides, it would minimize transportation costs which depends on river transportation for all these years,” Abraham E. Yolmen said, as in the official statement to InfoSAWIT, Thursday (1/8/2024)

To realize the proposal, Koperasi Iska Bekai published official documents to PT Ike Sejahtera Abadi (ISA) as the contractor to construct it based on the available regulations.

Koperasi Iska Bekai in indigenous right – base, developed palm oil plantation in the business rights that laid on 5.627,33 hectares. The first project would focus on the first 1.000 hectare – development. The financial and human resource of the cooperation independently operated by hoping that the way construction would escalate the members’ welfare and the villagers around.

The support for the initiative was from the Regency of Merauke and Papua Selatan Province. The two did welcome the good will of the cooperation to independently develop palm oil plantation and implement sustainable practices and good governance.

PT Tritama Lestari, the developer company of Koperasi Iska Bekai in the project emphasized its commitment to maintain environmental sustainability by taking care of the high conservation values and protecting the local natural resources.

The Manager of PT Tritama Lestari, Edward Ginting said that palm oil plantation development would deliver long term – advantages for the villagers around based on the vision and commitment of the cooperation to develop sustainable economy in Distrik Ngguti, Regency of Merauke. (T2)


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