Village : Punge Jurong - Banda Aceh
type of activity : Community technical assistant
Community technical assistant meeting in Punge Jurong Banda Aceh, we were discussed to solve the community case about the clean water in Punge Jurong village, there are 250 households not receive yet clean water from PDAM. In Punge Jurong villages PDAM already put mind pipe underground beside the road last two years but until now they didn’t have connected to houses, the community advocacy unit have been negotiated with previous PDAM director, he said will follow up immediately but until now PDAM not implemented yet, according to community said in meeting we conducted last week that PDAM want to connected if community already pay during the months before tsunami came (2004) and have to pay also for the months (January 2008 until currently month). Punge Jurong community don’t want to pay because for them impossible to pay for before tsunami (back payment) also community objection to pay for the months during 2008 (January-November), this not rational because they not yet receive water and the pipe connection why community have to pay for this. Our planning for this case will report to Banda Aceh Major about PDAM policy and make the community can’t receive the water clean. What we discussed with Punge Jurong community was how to find out the solution about this case, what we need to do together to pressure the PDAM and Banda Aceh Major, the result was Cau team will mediate between Punge Jurong community and Banda Aceh Major.