President Jokowi inaugurates Sadawarna Dam in Subang
Jakarta, The Gulf Observer: President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), on Tuesday, inaugurated Sadawarna Dam in Cibogo Sub-district in West Java’s district of Subang.
“The Sadawarna Dam is the 33rd dam we have inaugurated in the past eight years. The dam construction project was started in 2018,” Jokowi said at the inauguration.
Present on the occasion were First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo, Public Works and Public Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono, and West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil.
“The dam construction cost reached Rp2.065 trillion. This is not a small fund,” he stated.
Jokowi stressed that with the presence of the dam, Indramayu will be able to increase its rice production.
Sadawarna dams the Cipunagara river basin area that passed through the three districts of Subang, Sumedang, and Indramayu, flowing some 137 kilometers down from Mount Bukit Tunggul in the North Bandung Mountains to the Java Sea.
“Because we know that Indramayu is the largest contributor of (rice) surplus in Indonesia, and we hope that (rice production) would not decrease but increase, from 1.3 million to 1.8 million tons in Indramayu District,” the president added.
With the construction of dams across the country, rice and horticulture field productivity can be increased.
“Our food resilience, food self-sufficiency will improve. That is our main goal to build the dams in addition to its function as a tourist destination, power generator, and (source of) raw water supply,” he remarked.
The Sadawarna Dam can supply irrigation water to 4,284 hectares of rice fields, supply 1.2 cubic meters per second of raw water, and generate two megawatts of electricity. It can also function as a flood controller as well as a tourist destination.
With an inundation area of 720 hectares, the dam is expected to reduce flooding in Subang, Sumedang, and Indramayu, through which the Cipunagara River passes, by up to 26.9 cubic meters per second.
The dam, measuring 933 meters in length and 40 meters in height, is constructed by PT Wijaya Karya KSO and PT Nindya Karya KSO.
