Villages to be submerged for reservoir<\/p>\n
BANJARNEGARA, Central Java (JP): Nine villages covering 950
\nhectares in three districts of Banjarnegara regency will be
\nsubmerged next year to provide a reservoir for a hydro-electric
\npower plant.<\/p>\n
Regent Nurachmad told The Jakarta Post yesterday that the
\nMaung project started in 1981 but stopped two years later because
\nof budget cutbacks as the government introduced belt-tightening
\nmeasures.<\/p>\n
The project will recommence next year and should be completed
\nby 2000, Nurachmad said.<\/p>\n
He did not say whether the villagers have agreed to give up
\ntheir land for the project, but most residents in the nine
\nvillages said they are ready to be relocated as long as they are
\ngiven land of the same size.<\/p>\n
\"We prefer relocation to transmigration,\" resident Suparmo
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Transmigration is the government's program of resettling
\npeople from crowded Java to other islands in the Indonesian
\narchipelago.<\/p>\n
The hydro-electric power plant will have a capacity to
\ngenerate 1,000 megawatt of electricity, more than five times the
\ncapacity of the nearby Mrica hydro-electric plant.<\/p>\n
The new project, which will rely on tributaries of the Merawu
\nRiver, will supply electricity to the Java grid. It will also be
\nable to supply electricity to Bali and other islands to the east.<\/p>\n
With the Maung project, the Banjarnegara regency will be home
\nto three hydro-electric power plants.<\/p>\n
The third plant is currently under construction in Tulis, and
\nshould be completed next year.<\/p>\n
The Tulis plant, being built at a cost of Rp 60 billion, will
\nhave a capacity of 12.4 megawatts, according to project chief
\nAlam Hakim. (wah\/05)<\/p>",
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