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Mangupura - Everyone is prohibited to do any activities in the coastal area of Kuta Beach. It is applied because the bad weather condition which happen in the last few days. The restriction was given on Thursday, January 26, 2012.
The bad weather created big waves and made the water went up to the beach. This condition made the Balawista or lifeguard placed red flag which is the sign not to do any activities in the area. The Head of Kuta Security Officer, IGN Tresna, said that the waves could up to 5 meters high since the last few days. On Wednesday, January 25, the water even could reach the Balawista posts
and make all the sellers in the area panicked. The bad weather also destroyed the glasses in some hotels in Kuta. Tresna urged the tourists to obey the rules and prohibition by the authorized officers. The Coordinator of Balawista Badung, I Ketut Ipel , said that the department employed more officers on the beach and add more signs.(kmb25)
Bad weather, seven traditional ports closed Bali Post
BULELENG - Bad weather happening in the waters of northern Bali within the past few days made the officers of a number of traditional ports spreading in the coastal area of Buleleng vigilant. To that end, a total of seven ports were forced to be closed to anticipate the occurrence of marine accidents. The closure was estimated to last until the sea weather returned to normal. Observation in several areas of the central fish base (PPI) at Sawan Village, Sangsit Subdistrict, Wednesday (Jan 25), indicated that
situation at the PPI looked quiet. No freight unloading activities were visible on the PPI pier and other piers around the location. Meanwhile, the stalls and small boats of local fishermen were also drawn to a safer place to avoid the brunt of waves. Then, from the verge of pier, the height of ocean waves reached 3 meters. Such condition caused the authority to close the PPI temporarily until the sea weather returned to normal. As a rule, every two or three days a ship from Supekan Island, Madura, would anchor on the pier to unload and upload its
freights. However, since the high waves occurred the activities on the pier were stopped because the ship crewmen from Supekan had received information about the high waves ensued at the PPI so the loading and unloading activities could not be carried out. Cessation of the port activities at the PPI Sangsit made dozens of port workers unemployed. As a result, they lost daily income of transporting goods from ships to mainland since it stopped for a few days. Now, the workers could only daydream while searching for a second job to support their family.
The Head of Buleleng Port Office, Gede Putrawan, said in his office on Wednesday the closed traditional ports were the Pegametan, Banyumandi (Gerokgak Subdistrict), Brongbong (Seririt Subdistrict), Temukus (Banjar Subdistrict), Buleleng (Buleleng Subdistrict), the PPI Sangsit (Sawan Subdistrict), and Tembok (Tejakula Subdistrict). Previously, those traditional ports were used for location of freight loading and unloading and crossing service to regional destinations like Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Madura and Maluku. Continued on page 6