PTPP Focuses On Completing The Lolak Dam Development Project In North Sulawesi

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JAKARTA - The state-owned construction company, PT PP (Persero) Tbk, will complete the work on the Lolak Dam construction project in 2022. The Lolak Dam construction project is one of the National Strategic Projects (PSN) of 45 dam projects launched by the government.

This is because the location or position of the Lolak Dam is included in the development area of the Bolang Mongondow Industrial Estate which in the future is expected to be able to move the wheels of the economy in North Sulawesi Province.

The Lolak Dam project, which is owned by the Ministry of PUPR, is located in Pindol Village, Lolak District, Bolaang Mongondow Regency, North Sulawesi Province. The dam is approximately 210 kilometers from the city of Manado, where the river area is included in the Domuga-Sangkup River Area.

The scope of project work carried out by PTPP for the construction of Package I, among others: excavation work, main dam embankment work, temporary cofferdam work, main cofferdam embankment work, and instrumentation work.

While the scope of work for Package II, namely: main dam embankment work, evasion building work, spill construction work, intake building work, left pedestal reinforcement work, saddle dam work I and II, provincial road and bridge relocation work, and hydromechanical work.

The Package I Lolak Dam construction project was carried out by PTPP as the main contractor, while for Package II it was carried out by PTPP by establishing a Joint Operation (KSO) together with ASHFRI. With the presence of Lolak Dam, it will certainly provide many benefits, including serving as irrigation water supply for an area of 2,214 hectares, besides that the dam will also be a source of 500 liters per second (lpd) raw water supply.

Lolak Dam will also function as a power plant from reservoir outflow with an electricity potential of 2.43 MW, flood control which can reduce flood discharge by 12 percent. Not only that, Lolak Dam will also become a new tourism destination in the Bollang Mondow area and the ex borrow land can be used as a productive fruit forest.

"We believe that the Lolak Dam construction project can be completed according to the target set by the Ministry of PUPR. Until the first week of April, the progress of the Lolak Dam has reached 96 percent, with the completion of the project construction targeted in May 2022," said PTPP Corporate Secretary. , Yuyus Juarsa in his statement, Tuesday 19 April.

"The presence of the dam with the Zonal Core Tegak type and having a capacity of up to 6.1 million per cubic meter has many benefits, especially for North Sulawesi Province. All the construction of Lolak Dam facilities carried out by PTPP is a form of company commitment in realizing loyalty without limit in building this country," added Yuyus Juarsa.