Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono aims to complete the construction of Jlantah Dam, Karanganyar District, Central Java, by the end of 2023.”Hopefully, we can complete the construction by the end of 2023,” Minister Hadimuljono noted in a written statement received in Jakarta on Sunday. part from Jlantah, the ministry is also working on 12 other dams across Indonesia this year, namely Cipanas, Karian, Sepaku Semoi, Keureuto, Rukoh, Tiu Suntuk, Lausimeme, Sidan, Leuwikeris, Temef, Pamukkulu, and Ameroro. ccording to the minister, the Jlantah Dam will be able to reserve up to 10.97 cubic meters of water from Jlantah and Puru Rivers. The dam construction is designed with a height of 70 meters from the bottom of the rivers, a peak length of 404 meters, a peak width of 12 meters, and a peak elevation of over 690 meters. The Ministry’s Director of Dams and LakesAdenan Rasyid said that two state-owned construction companies, PT Waskita Karya and PT Adhi Karya KSO,started the dam construction in July 2019 with a contract value of Rp965 billion (US$64.5 million). “Currently, the progress has reached 65 percent of completion. The Jlantah Dam is projected to irrigate 1,494 hectare of rice fields in the areas of Jatipuro and Jumapolo, Karanganyar District,” Rasyid stated.
Source: Antara News Agency