Tanjung Kait embankment completed

Tanjung Kait embankment completed

TANGERANG: The Tangerang municipality has completed the
construction of Tanjung Kait embankment in the coastal district
of Mauk, some 20 kilometers north of Tangerang.

The Rp 2.1 billion dike is designed to stop erosion caused by
waves.

Samin, a construction supervisor, said that the one-kilometer
long dike had been built with millions of river stones
transported by barges from Bojo Negoro, Merak, Banten.

He added that the dike had been designed in a pyramid
formation with 8 meter-wide foundations on the sea bed and rising
8 meters in height, but protruding only two meters above the
surface of the water.

M. Ali, another construction supervisor, said the embankment
had created a huge seapond, which would become a useful site for
coastal shrimp ponds.

He said that he, along with other local figures, would soon
propose two development concepts to the Tangerang regency
administration, namely, developing the cape for coastal shrimp
ponds and converting the site into a tourist attraction.

Tanjung Kait is one of the parts of the regency seriously
affected by erosion.

Tamba, an official at the Tangerang administration information
office in Tigaraksa, suspected the erosion was caused by sand
mining activities in the Seribu Islands, some four miles off the
northern coast. --JP