Karalloe Dam Completes, Farmers In Jeneponto Can Harvest Up To 3 Times

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Farmers in Jeneponto, South Sulawesi, admit that they can increase their harvest to 2-3 times more since the Karalloe Dam. The dam was completed by the government on November 23, 2021.

H. Amirudin, a resident of Taring Village, Jeneponto, expressed his gratitude to the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) for the existence of the Karalloe Dam having increased the harvest of the surrounding community.

"Thank you, Ministry of PUPR for your assistance in building this Karalloe Dam. Since the existence of this dam, the community has felt the benefits are even. In particular, farmers who are currently able to increase their crops 2-3 times," said Amirudin, quoted from the official Instagram @kemenpupr, Monday, March 18.

It is known that the Karalloe Dam is the second multifunctional dam that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has inaugurated in 2021 in Gowa, South Sulawesi.

Jokowi hopes that the Karalloe Dam will be able to maintain the continuity of water availability for farmers in order to increase crop production in Jeneponto Regency.

In addition, this dam is also able to reduce flooding in Jeneponto Regency with facilities and infrastructure systems from upstream to downstream. Meanwhile, from the previous 546 hectares (ha) to 278 hectares (49 percent) in Jeneponto and Gowa Regencies.

The dam's raw water supply also reaches 440 liters per second and can supply 4.5 megawatts (MW) of Micro-hydro Power Plants (PLTMh).