Jokowi Inaugurates Ameroro Konawe Dam

President Joko Widodo when inaugurating the Ameroro bundungan in Konawe Regency, Monday. (Between/Azis Senong)

KENDARI - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) inaugurated the Ameroro Dam in Konawe Regency, Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra), Tuesday, which is intended to supply water for agricultural irrigation and also as a potential tourism destination.

"The Ameroro Dam project, which was built in 2020 with a budget of IDR 1.57 trillion, has a large enough budget so that people around this area must maintain and make good use of it," said President Jokowi as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, May 14.

Jokowi said the Ameroro Dam, which is a National Strategy Project (PSN), was built because currently many countries find it difficult to get water.

"That's why the water stored in this dam should not be wasted directly at sea, but the dam is made and then used for the benefit of the community," said the President.

The Ameroro Dam built in Southeast Sulawesi is the 40th dam of a national project in a number of regions in Indonesia. The capacity of the Ameroro Dam is 88 million cubic meters with an inundation area of 376 hectares.

The positive impacts resulting from the dam are not only as a water supply for irrigation, but can also be a potential for leading tourism in Bumi Anoa, Southeast Sulawesi.

In addition, the Ameroro Dam also aims to increase the volume of water storage so that irrigation water supply to agricultural land is maintained, and as a supply of raw water, as well as flood control.

Another benefit of the Ameroroyakni dam can irrigate 3,363 ha community rice fields, capable of reducing flooding in the Konawe area by 443 cubic meters per second, raw water services for Konawe Regency by 511 liters per second and 1.3 MW of electricity potential.