PLN Utilizes Waste Coal For Construction Materials For Houses For Dhuafa

Home Surgery Illustration (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - PT PLN (Persero) carried out the Home Renovation Program for the Dhuafa which renovated a house in poor condition into a simple healthy house by utilizing Fly Ash Bottom Ash (FABA). FABA is coal waste from the combustion of steam power plants (PLTU).

The Home Renovation Program for the Poor was carried out by Baitul Maal Foundation (YBM) PLN Main Distribution Unit (UID) Lampung by renovating the house belonging to the Sulam family in Trimulyo Village, Tegineneng District, Pesawaran Regency, Lampung Province. The house, which was in poor condition, was renovated into a simple healthy house using FABA.

The inauguration of the first FABA healthy house in Lampung which was built by YBM PLN UID Lampung was symbolically carried out by the Head of the Lampung High Court, Nanang Sigit Yulianto and General Manager of PLN UID Lampung, I Gede Agung Sindu Putra, on Friday, April 8, 2022.

General Manager of PLN UID Lampung I Gede Agung Sindu Putra expressed his gratitude for the good cooperation between PLN UID Lampung and the Lampung High Court. The cooperation that has been established has greatly helped PLN in carrying out the government's mandate to realize the ratio of electrified villages in Lampung Province to 100 percent.

He explained that PLN as a state-owned company has the Baitul Maal Foundation (YBM) which manages and distributes zakat funds for PLN employees. In the management of zakat by YBM PLN has distributed it to several programs including social humanitarian, education, da'wah, health and economic programs, each year increasing.

According to information compiled from YBM PLN UID Lampung, in 2020 YBM PLN has distributed zakat funds of Rp. 1.83 billion and in 2021 it is Rp. 2.26 billion. As of January 2022 until now, YBM PLN has managed to distribute zakat funds of IDR 338.6 million.

Before entering the month of Ramadan, YBM PLN UID Lampung has also distributed 375 food packages worth Rp. 112.5 million to orphans and poor people scattered throughout the working area of PLN UID Lampung. In addition, YBM PLN has also scheduled a disbursement of funds with a total value of Rp. 132.5 million which was included in several YBM activity programs in the month of Ramadan 1443 H.