Hundreds of farmers in the city of Padang, West Sumatra held a demonstration at City Hall. They urged immediate irrigation repair that broke down two years ago. Due to damaged irrigation, 1000 hectares of paddy fields and fish ponds are dry citizens.
The action began with a one-kilometer walk to the Padang City Hall Office at Pacah Air Area. In addition to berorasi they also carry banners containing demands for damaged Koto Tuo dam damaged by flood in March 2016 and immediately repaired. Because it causes 104 hectares of drought and another 1034 four hectares are threatened.
As a result of this drought, during the last three years they only rely on rainwater to irrigate the fields. As a result rice yields also dropped sharply. Not only damaging rice fields, damaged irrigation channels also caused dozens of fish pond residents also drought.