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Bedono, the Village that’s Vanishing

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AHMAD ARIF and ADITYA PUTRA PERDANA
· 6 minutes read
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Abrasion, which continues to erode the shoreline, has eliminated part of the mainland and threatens settlements, infrastructure such as roads and educational facilities, including SDN Bedono 1 state elementary school, Bedono village, Sayung district, Demak regency, Central Java, Friday (17/3). Rehabilitation efforts to restore the damaged mangrove forests continue to reduce the rate of abrasion.

Picturesque rice fields, lines of coconut trees, swaths of fishponds, hundreds of homes and even graveyards have been swallowed by the waves. Little by little, villages in Sayung district of Demak regency, Central Java, are vanishing. The people who still reside there must plan and carry out tactics to face the sea, which is continuously rising as the land subsides.

“When I was little, we had abundant resources, huge rice fields and many coconut trees. The sea was friendly and the fishponds were full of fish,” said Rusipan, 57, a resident of Bedono village in Sayung district.

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