"Regulations must give priority to the interest of the majority of the people based on Article 33 of the 1945 Constitution," Wahyu Chandra of 'Junal Celebes' said here in reference of the World Water Day.
He said that large scale companies have been dominating the use of water. With their latest equipment they can pump-up water from a vast area which deprived the people of water sources, whereas actually the water sources were for people's resettlement and agriculture," Wahyu said.
Therefore, he said, the government should produce clear regulations which give priority to the interest of the people at large based on Article 33 of the 1945 Constitution.
He said that regulations issued by the central government on that effect should also be implemented by regional governments so that discrimination in the utilization of water would no longer be felt by marginalized communities or villagers who earned their livings from the agricultural sector.
"The main problem faced in Indonesia with regard to water is usage management. We do not face a serious problem in the availability of water but in the management of its usage," Wahyu said. (DWA/IGT)
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