PT Bina Daya Bentala Holds Dissemination and Training of Dalkarhutla and FPIC

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SONTANG - In the context of preventing and handling and Reducing Forest and Land Fires (Dalkarhutla) around the company's operational area, PT Bina Daya Bentala (BDB), which is one of the suppliers of raw materials for paper makers in the Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) business group, never stop conducting Dalkarhutla's socialization and training activities as well as integrated Padiatapa (Free Priority Approval) / FPIC (Free Prior Information Consent) socialization to the Sontang Bonai Darusalam community in Rokan Hulu Regency.

According to the Head of PT.BDB Unit Khafid Sudrajat, accompanied by PT BDB Public Relations, PT Arara Abadi-APP Sinar Mas Forestry Riau Public Relations, and Nurul Huda, every day his party monitors and patrols, both through land patrols by the Fire Brigade (RPK), as well as patrol through the air using drones and CCTV that work almost 24 hours.

"In this activity we also synergize with Satria Kresna Task Force in socializing and preventing forest and land fires, Alhamdulillah from year to year the cases of forest and land fires around our concession area are greatly reduced, and our concessions are safe and under control," he said.

Furthermore, Khafid added, at the end of 2019, precisely on 31 December 2019 at the Sontang Village Assembly Hall, a measurable and total evaluation had been carried out. "At that time we conveyed and socialized Pediatric / FPIC activities, besides we synergized in handling forest and land fires with Muspida elements, both at district, sub-district level up to the level of Village Government," he said.

PIHATYA also carried out the socialization of the development of Industrial Plantation Forests as well as Counseling and Training of Fire Concerned Communities to communities in the Three Villages, namely, Bonai Village, Sontang Village and Kasang Padang Village.

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"This is a form of our transparency in the management of HTI, we transparently convey the company's operational plans from various aspects, such as production, ecology, and social aspects," he said.

Khafid added that the company is also committed to managing sustainable industrial plantations by developing harmonious social relations, environmentally friendly, respecting the rights of local communities and always being open to collaborating with all parties.

Meanwhile, the Head of Government who represented the Bonai Darussalam Sub-District Head, Ahmad Yani, welcomed FPIC socialization activities which are routinely carried out by PT.Bina Daya Bentala every year so that the public could find out about planned activities to be carried out by the company.

The Bonai Darussalam Police Chief in this case was represented by Kanit Binmas, Bripka J. Simanjuntak, inviting all communities to clear land without burning because of the imprisonment and financial penalties for everyone who burns as regulated in Law No.41 of 1999 article 78 namely a 15-year criminal fine of 5 billion, Law No. 32 of 2009 article 98 criminal 10-year fine of 3-10 billion, Law no 39 of 2014 article 108 criminal 10-year fine of 10 billion.

"With this presentation, it is hoped that the public will be aware of the dangers and threats for anyone who burns on purpose," he said.

At the end of this socialization activity, PT. Bina Daya Bentala together with the Village Heads of Bonai, Kasang Padang and Sontang villages signed an agreement and agreement on the URKT 2020, Boundary and Spatial Planning, Protected Area Determination and the CD-CSR and DMPA 2020 Program. ***

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