Press Release

PT Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk (PTBA) hand over Land Deed to the 637 head of family in Bara Bara Lestari I and Bara Lestari II, Keban Agung Village, Lawang Kidul District, Muara Enim.

The land deed symbolically handed over by the regent of Muara Enim Ir. H. Muzakir Sai Sohar, was witnessed by General and HR Director of PTBA Eko Suryo Hadianto, Chairman of the Parliament Aries HB, Kajari Muara Enim Adhyaksa Darma Yuliano, SH M.H, Military Commander Lt. Col. 0404 Muara Enim Jamaludin, Wakapolres Muara Enim Commissioner M Adil, as well as elements Tripika District of Lawang Kidul, in Bara Lestari housing complex, Keban Agung Village, Tuesday (02/07/2017).

General and HR Director of PTBA Eko Suryo Hadianto said in his speech, the residents of the housing Bara Bara Lestari Lestari I and II are previously was the occupant in the region of the lips mines of PTBA, namely Dapur Atas, Karantina, Bedeng Keresek, and Bukit Munggu. PTBA not simply evict them for granted, but relocate them to the region and better housing built by PTBA.

"We relocated the residents not to move poverty, but to improve the welfare of the community," said Eko Suryo Hadianto.

According to him, PTBA hand over a letter of assignment of rights (Land Deed) to the population residing in Bara Lestari in addition to providing a sense of security and comfort and also a legitimate right in the eyes of the law.

"People who used to live at the mine mouth full of dust and noise, can live a decent and comfortable in a new residential location, in the area of Bara Lestari," he said.

As a state-owned company, PTBA has a social responsibility to the people around, especially in the first ring the company's operations.

PTBA, he added, will keep their promises to provide public facilities and social amenities in a residential neighborhood, but residents are asked to be patient.

"As a state-owned and public companies, many processes that we have to finish first in the building and realize fasos public facilities for residents," he said.

After the submission of a land deed symbolically, the ranks of local government and Tripika Muara Enim and its management PTBA placed the first stone building Early Childhood Education (ECD) as fasos for housing Bara Lestari II and inaugurated the city lights in Pasar Bawah as a sign that the development of Tanjung Enim as Tourist Destination Cities in South Sumatra has begun.