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Batik Industries Struggles Amid The Threat Of Land Subsidence

Mrs Waryuni (70), continue to work on her batik cloth manually at her home after the tidal flood receded in jeruk sari village, Pekalongan city, Central Java province, on June 5, 2021. Mrs. Waryuni took up 2 months, from the usual 1 month, to make one batik cloth because the process had to be paused when tidal flood hit her house. The batik industries, which is one of main commodities of pekalongann city, must struggle amidst the threat of the sinking of their city by tidal flooding and sea abrasion due to the rapid land subsidence. Base on data from the geological Agency from the Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resource, Pekalongan city is experiencing a land subsidence of 6 centimeters per year, which caused by the massive use of groundwater by housholds, farming, industry, and global climate change, which if not immediately mitigated, than the city is predicted to sink in 2036. (Photo by Aditya Irawan/NurPhoto)

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