Power Plant Pipes In Garut Jabar Bocor, Duga Police As A Result Of Land Shift

The police checked the leakage of the Cirompang PLTMH pipe that occurred in Rancateureup Village, Garut Regency, West Java. BETWEEN/HO-Bungbulang Police

GARUT - The police have secured and processed the scene of the case to investigate the leak of the Cirompang Micro-hydro Power Plant (PLTMH) pipeline in Bungbulang District, Garut Regency, West Java. "Efforts have been made to check the crime scene, look for batches (based on information) related to the initial incident," said Bungbulang Police Chief Iptu Usep in Garut, Antara, Tuesday, November 29. A number of police personnel have been dispatched to check the leakage of the PLTMH Cirompang pipe that occurred in Rancateureup Village, Bungbulang Village/District, Garut on Monday at around 14:20 WIB. The incident, he said, resulted in a burst of water and then damaged the Cirompang PLTMH Power House and a location around the pipe, although the condition of the surrounding community is ensured to be safe from the incident. "Alhamdulillah, the community is safe," said Usep. The results of the temporary investigation of the pipe leak, because it was in a unstable soil area and there was also a shift in the ground so that the pipe was depressed causing the pipe to leak. "The results of the investigation and the information gathered that the incident occurred, the pipe was above unstable soil, then there was a shift in the ground so that the pipe was depressed which resulted in the pipe leaking," he also said. He conveyed that PLTMH officers had handled the damage to the equipment, and while operational activities were stopped. Regarding the losses, he said, it was not certain, but the results of the examination in the field were estimated to be a loss of Rp. 2 billion. "The completeness of the Cirompang PLTMH Power House is severely damaged, all losses have not been detected, an estimated IDR 2 billion," he also said. The Cirompang PLTMH has been operating since April 17, 2016, with an electricity sales rate of IDR 850/kWh and an average electricity production of around 63,72 million kWh per year, having contributed operating income to PT Tirta Gemah Ripah Regional Owned Enterprises (BUMD) of the West Java Provincial Government.