Palyja operates Kedoya pipeline

Palyja operates Kedoya pipeline

JAKARTA (JP): Joint venture tap water firm PT PAM Lyonaise
Jaya (Palyja) commenced operation of a newly constructed pipeline
on Tuesday, spanning two kilometers between Kedoya and Tubagus
Angke, both in West Jakarta.

The underground pipeline, which is 900 millimeters in
diameter, follows Jl. Perjuangan. It is has the capacity to serve
80,000 current customers and an estimated 20,000 new customers in
the northern part of Jakarta.

"The Jl. Perjuangan pipeline will improve the water supply
system throughout the districts of Duri Kelapa to Kedoya Utara
with a capacity of 52,000 cubic meters a day," Palyja's
president, Pierre Alla, said in a statement.

The project cost the company Rp 7.25 billion (US$720,000).

The pipeline network on Jl. Perjuangan will later be connected
to the pipeline on Jl. Tubagus Angke, the construction of which
is still under way. (jun)