Many residents have no access to power

Many residents have no access to power

PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: More than half of South Sumatra's
residents have no access to electricity, due to the remote
locations of their homes, a senior government official said on
Tuesday.

Of 1.1 million households in South Sumatra, 60 percent have no
access to electricity, said chief of the South Sumatra
administration's Village Electricity Program Zahirsyah.

Many areas of the province are mountainous, causing state
electricity company PT PLN difficulties in setting up its network
there, said Zahirsyah. -- JP