Tangerang Floodwaters Rose

Tangerang Disaster Mitigation (Tagana) teams evacuated hundreds of residents from their
homes in the Ciledug Indah housing complex in Ciledug district Tangerang after floodwaters
inundated the area on Wednesday.

Water of up to 50-centimeters-deep began to inundate the housing complex on Tuesday. By

Wednesday morning, the water reached up to two meters in some parts of the complex.

Many vehicles belonging to residents were also trapped in the flood because the owners did
not have a chance to move them to a higher place.

Temporary shelters inside government offices and mosques were set up to house the evacuates.
But some residents refused to leave their homes, citing security concerns. They also said that
it would be tiresome to walk between their homes and the shelters to check on their houses.

“I prefer to stay at home because it is unsafe to leave home,” local man Dedi Safe’i told The
Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
 Town Contaminated

Moscow – A Russian journalist has uncovered evidence of another soviet nuclear catastrophe,
which killed 10 sailors and contaminated an entire town.

Yelena Vazrshavskya is the first journalist to speak to people who witnessed the explosion of
a nuclear submarie at the naval base of Shkotovo- 22 near Vladivostok. The accident which
occurred 13 months before the Chernobyl disaster, spread radioactive fall out over the base and
nearby town, but was covered up by officials of the Soviet Union. Residents were told the
explosion in the reactor of the Victor-class submarine during a refit had been a ‘thermal’ and
not a nuclear explosion. And those involved in the clean up operation to remove more than 600
tones of contaminated material were sworn to secrecy.

A board of investigators was later to describe it as the worst accident in the history of the Soviet
Navy.
 Monkey Forest gets Kalpataru Nomination

Ubud: The sacred Monkey Forest of Padangtegal in Ubud, Gianyar, has been nominated for
the Kalpataru Awards 2012 along with other 13 nominees across Indonesia.

Kalpataru Awards are the highest distinction for environment-related achievements by

individuals, businesses and places. The Awards are usually presented by President Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono in conjunction with World Environment Day, which falls every June 5.

The Monkey Forest is owned by the village of Padangtegal and is currently under the
management of Padangtegal Wenara Wana Foundation. It is home to rare and endangered flora
and plants. It is also home to around 605 Balinese long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis).

Together with Udayana University, the foundation identified a number of rare plants in the
forest. There are around 115 species of plants, while some of the trees are considered sacred
and holy, only being used for spiritual and religious purposes.

Tas Diantoro Hadi, chairman of the Kalpataru Awards National Committee, said that the
Monkey Forest was the only candidate from Bali this year. “We will categorize the Monkey
Forest as a forest conservation nominee,” he said.