Lhoksukon, President Suharto inaugurated the Cot Cucumber Sugar Plant in May 1970, at that time cot girek subdistrict is still a sub-district with syamtalira arun before there is a subdistrict expansion into the present cot girek district.
Cot girek who does not know, the area with quite a lot of income and until now PTPN-1 is still operating.
But the appropriate language is used to create the appeal of an area that there is commercial content to be able to attract immigrants to enjoy the richness of the area "the ants die from sugar"
there is a village of Cot Girek Its location is 16 Km from Lhoksukon City or 35 Km from Lhokseumawe city. This area circa 1970 is a green area, still covered by beautiful forest.
in the green forest there is a vast area of sugarcane plantations, if not wrong approximately approximately 1000 ha belonging to PTPN-1 who was assigned to manage the Sugar Mill (PG) Cot Girek. From this field the Sugar Factory got its raw material supply at that time.
Cot Girek Sugar Plant was inaugurated by the late President Soeharto in May 1970. At that time the people of Aceh are very proud of the presence of the factory. There are many beautiful hopes that will blow in Aceh if this plant will be able to sustain itself and will be able to sustain the economy of Aceh, especially the district of North Aceh.
When President Suharto will visit there are two sides who are most busy facing the President's visit. The first was schoolchildren, especially the children of Syamtalira Arun Elementary School (then a subdistrict with Cot Girek) a week before President Suharto arrived the children had been trained in marching lines, singing and people's homes to be passed by President Suharto around the Sugar Factory has been decorated with white and red paint and a pole along with a red and white flag is mounted in front of the house.
On the other hand no less busy than the second-level local government, is the bodyguard of President Suharto. When President Suharto's entourage arrived with several large cars over an unpaved sandy road it would have dusted around here along the 16km track from Lhoksukun to Cot Girek. Some watering attempts were made before the entourage passed, but it was not strong enough to withstand the sting of the sun so that the newly watered road repeatedly dried up again at once.
The elementary school children using a flag whose little pole is made of small bamboo sticks wiggle his hand as if delivering a welcome message in our area of President Suharto. An elementary school student is accompanied by his teacher waiting and waiting.
Information from the committee, the President will pass at 9:00 am automatically teachers and students students rushed to the location at 8.30. After waiting 90 minutes the children got bored, some fainted, there was a strong stand and rested to the side of the road.
The committee gave feedback again, "that in about 1 hour the President will pass". Hearing such announcements automatically scatter back the "visitor watchers" standing on either side of the road. Apparently the incident happened again, the President has not come. This situation happened up to 3 times if not mistaken so that finally the new president group passes around 12 noon or 3.5 hours after the children and teachers march along the road where the group will pass. They waited bravely and eagerly.
President Suharto himself was not in the group, because President Suharto used a helicopter from the city of Lhokseumawe or from Malikulsaleh airport to Cot Girek to travel within 15 minutes. The President landed near the Cot Girek Sugar Mill. After the brief ceremony was over, then President Suharto came home following the path and procedure upon his arrival.
President Suharto, Cot Girek Sugar Factory, day after day rely on subsidized fertilizers, sugar cane and quality subsidies to reduce Cost of Goods Sold. This condition continues, if not mistaken until 1980 this factory is overwhelmed because of lack of subsidies. Finally in 1985 the factory was completely stopped, not only loss but really did not give any contribution to the employees and workers.
48 years after it was founded, the condition of the Cot Girek Sugar Plant area where President Suharto's picture was seen walking with a joyful heart-now only a blistered and unkempt building. At various corners of the factory it looks like a horrible old building because it's mushrooming everywhere. The location has been overgrown by shrubs and tall grasses. It is unclear who ever cleared the area so it survives to this day even in a creepy form.
Now the name remains all the name has become history, hope for hope at that time all embedded deep sea water,
All have become old iron, old buildings, goodbye Sugar Factory, the presence of sugar ant factories become victims,
PG Cot Girek stay memorable. wrong care or mismanagement? Whereas in fact he has a sufficient supply to be planted sugar cane suppliers of basic commodities themselves. But what to say, Rice has become porridge, all has passed
Hopefully one day the land can still be used to build a better and modern sugar factory. someday. Is not hope a sign of life still exists. Let's hope again.
January 30, 2018
The governance of aceh sumatera asia continent
