6,000 villages lack electricity

6,000 villages lack electricity

ATAMBUA, East Nusa Tenggara: Some 6,000 remote villages in the
country have no access to electricity, a minister said.

"We are still unable to reach these villages, which is why we
have to find a solution to the problem," State Minister for
Research and Technology Hatta Radjasa said after inaugurating a
TV transmission tower, solar power plants and a hydroelectric
power plant in the province.

"The development of solar power plants will answer the growing
demand for energy in villages," Hatta said.

There are 500 solar power sources in the districts of
Lamaknen, Tasifeto, East Tasifeto and Kobalima.

Hatta said the TV transmission tower would give the people
greater access to information. -- Antara