Reviewing the development of Kuningan dam here on Friday, the president reiterated that the construction of eight dams will be completed this year.
The government of Indonesia, through the Public Works and Public Housing Ministry, has been building 65 dams across the country and will soon be completed one-by-one.
He explained that the construction of Kuningan dam will also be completed this year, as no problem has been encountered with the surrounding population of 365 families.
On completion, the president noted that the Kuningan Dam will be capable of irrigating three thousand hectares of rice fields in the districts of Kuningan and Brebes in Central Java.
"This dam can also meet the raw water requirement of 300 liters per second for 300 thousand families," the head of state added.
Located in Randusari Village, Cibeureunq Sub-district, the Kuningan dam is constructed to store 25 million cubic meters of water.
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