Mataram: Indigenous people of North Bayan, Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province expressed their rejection to a plan to develop a cable car facility to protect and preserve Mount Rinjani.
"Mount Rinjani is a source of life akin to water for the entire Lombok Island," Raden Akria Buana, Bayan indigenous community leader, concurrently Senaru village chief, told Antara here on Friday, January 31, 2020.
According to him, preserving Mount Rinjani has become a hereditary tradition for the Bayan people. Mount Rinjani holds spiritual significance for the indigenous people of Bayan residing in North Lombok and Sembalun, East Lombok.
In addition, local village heads are responsible for protecting the flora and fauna on Mount Rinjani. The flora and fauna must be protected from modern equipment that could damage them.
The natives believe Mount Rinjani is a home of the spirits that guard the mountain. Hence, they routinely hold offering rituals on the mountain, which is popular among local and foreign tourists for hiking.
"We strongly reject the development plan. We do not want Mount Rinjani to be damaged," he emphasized.
Earlier, Head of NTB's Environment and Forestry (LHK) Office, Madani Mukarom, confirmed a plan to construct a cable car, with the backdrop of the Mount Rinjani National Park (TNGR) in Lombok. He remarked that the planned cable car, to be built by PT Indonesia Lombok Resort, will stretch 10 kilometers long and pass Aik Berik Village, North Batukliang, Central Lombok. The planned cable car's tracks will be within the protected forest area and the community forest park (Tahura) area and not in the Mount Rinjani area. (Antara)
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