BALI - The Shifting Sands of Sanur Politics

Balidiscovery.com, (11/26/2006)

As reported on balidiscovery.com [ Construction of Bali Tsunami Warning Towers Underway], the government has commenced construction of 6 tsunami warning towers along the island’s southern beaches as part of an emergency preparedness program inspired by the boxing day tsunami disaster of 2004.

No Longer on Schedule?

Plans to have the single Sanur tower in place and operating in time for comprehensive evacuation drills scheduled for December 26, 2006, are now in doubt following protests by local residents in Sanur regarding the location of the tsunami facility in their community. The tower, containing seismic sensing equipment and a large sirens, was in an advanced stage of construction on the beach in front of the Inna Grand Bali Beach Hotel when local leaders complained to the government that the selected site for the tsunami facility was sacred and needed for local religious rituals.

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