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PLN Gradually Recovers Electricity Supply (0)
State-owned electricity firm PT PLN has recovered electric power to Balaraja Extra High Voltage substation in Banten Province, and furthermore it will be channeled to Suralaya steam-fueled power plant (PLTU) to gradually recover its operation to reach its capacity of 2800 MW of electricity.
In addition, power supply from Gandul Extra High Voltage substations in Depok, West Java Province, will be channeled to Muara Karang gas and steam power plant (PLTGU) to supply electricity to the Indonesian capital city, Jakarta.
Acting President Director of PLN Sripeni Inten Cahyani said here on Sunday that the power supply to Jakarta was expected to recover within three hours.
"We apologize for the inconvenience today, and currently all efforts have been made to recover the Java-Bali power system, especially in the area of West Java, Banten, and Jakarta," Cahyani said.
The company has focused on power supply to PLTGU Muara Karang and PLTGU Priok to recover the system in the capital city.
Previously, PLN has recovered the operation of hydro-generated power plant (PLTA) Saguling and PLTA Cirata which are functioned as power stabilizer, and, at the same time, supply the electricity to PLTU Suralaya through Cibinong, Depok, Gandul, Lengkok, Balaraja and Suralaya extra high voltage substations.
PLTU Suralaya is expected to return to its normal operation within six hours to normalize power system in West Java and Banten.
Blackout that affected thousands of homes and public facilities in West Java, Jakarta, and Banten was caused by several troubles in the extra high voltage 500 kV transmission of Ungaran - Pemalang.
"PLN has taken its best efforts and will have evaluation to prevent recurrence of today's incident," Cahyani said.
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January
Landslide death toll rises to 28 in Sumedang, 12 still missing
Written by Wenny ZuliantiThe death toll in Sumedang landslides rose to 28 as three more bodies were found by a joint search and rescue team on Saturday, while 12 people remained missing, according to data of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB).
"Referring to data from the Operations Control Center (Pusdalops) of the BNPB, as of Sunday, January 17, at 3:59 WIB, the joint SAR team has found a total of 28 bodies," Dr. Raditya Jati, the agency's Head of the Center for Data, Information and Communications. Disaster, said in a press statement here on Sunday.
As many as 12 other victims remained missing, he said.
Incessant rains hampered the search operations which had to be carried out carefully and vigilantly because of possible subsequent landslides, as the Geological Agency warned that there were still cracks in several landslide locations, he said.
The joint team used four heavy equipment in the process of evacuating victims, which was expected to last until the next few days.
Two consecutive landslides hit Cihanjuang Village, Cimanggung Sub-district, Sumedang District, West Java, on January 9, displacing 1,020 people and destroying several houses.
January
Death toll in West Sulawesi's earthquake has climbed to 56: BNPB
Written by Wenny ZuliantiThe death toll in West Sulawesi's 6.2-magnitude earthquake ensued by several aftershocks that rattled Majene and Mamuju Districts on early Friday has climbed to 56, according to Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB).
Forty seven residents died in Mamaju District, and nine others died in Majene District owing to the strong earthquake, the agency's spokesperson, Raditya Jati, said in a statement that received on Sunday
The earthquake, whose epicenter was located on land, six kilometers northeast of Majene District, at a depth of 10 kilometers, also caused 826 residents to get injured. Majority of the wounded victims were found in Majene, he said.
In Mamuju District, the BNPB recorded that 189 victims sustained serious injuries and were being hospitalized, Jati said, adding that the electricity supplies to several disaster zones had gradually been restored.
As part of emergency measures and mitigation efforts, the officials of disaster mitigation agencies in Majene, Mamuju, and Polewali Mandar Districts were registering locals badly suffering from the impact of the catastrophe.
They also set up temporary shelters for displaced residents, and coordinated mitigation efforts with those from related government agencies, police and military institutions, National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), and volunteers.
The Majene-Mamuju road section has been restored after those from the 1401/Majene district military command's army engineering unit cleaned the highway by using backhoes.
As a result, normal traffic flow could have resumed since Saturday afternoon, he said.
On Saturday, the BNPB had also disbursed Rp4 billion in cash aid to the West Sulawesi provincial government and the district administrations of Mamuju and Majene.
In addition to that, the agency had also distributed relief aid packages to those in dire need, including eight tents for displaced people undergoing self-isolation, 10 tents for refugees, 2,004 nutritious food packs, and 30 power generators.
On the day the powerful earthquake rocked the districts of Majene and Mamuju, some two thousand locals to flee in pursuit of refuge at safer areas, Raditya Jati stated.
The shallow quake, which the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) believe was caused by local fault, also destroyed several buildings, including the governor's office, a military office, and Maleo Hotel.
The earthquake, which also damaged many houses and a public health center, additionally triggered three landslides along the Majene-Mamuju road section and disrupted the transportation of people and goods, Jati revealed.
Earthquakes regularly hit various parts of Indonesia since the country lies on the Circum-Pacific Belt, also known as the Ring of Fire, where several tectonic plates meet and cause frequent volcanic and seismic activities.
One of the deadliest earthquakes rattling eastern Indonesia occurred in several areas of Central Sulawesi Province on September 28, 2018.
The 7.4-magnitude earthquake followed by a tsunami that hit the areas of Palu City and the districts of Donggala, Paringi Moutong, and Sigi on Sept 28, 2018, claimed 2,102 lives, injured 4,612, and rendered 680 others missing.
A total of 68,451 homes were seriously damaged, while 78,994 people were displaced.
January
Indonesian Tourism and creative economy Minister Ensures Homestay in Gerupuk Tourism Village, NTB, is Ready for MotoGP
Written by nuke
Indonesian Tourism and creative economy Minister Sandiaga Uno inspecting homestay in Gerupuk Village, Lombok - kemenparekraf
During a working visit to Lombok, the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy / Head of the Tourism and Creative Economy Agency, Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, reviewed the readiness of amenities in the form of a homestay located in Gerupuk Tourism Village, Central Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). This is done to prepare all aspects of tourism and the creative economy ahead of the Mandalika MotoGP event which is planned to be held in October this year. Menparekraf Sandiaga Uno, when visiting the Homestay Area in Gerupuk Tourism Village, in Lombok, Saturday (16/1/2021), said that homestay in Gerupuk Tourism Village is one of the equitable infrastructure developments, because this program provides self-help housing facilities, the construction of which involves community development.
"Today is extraordinary because this is a just infrastructure development because we are carrying out a government program to provide self-subsistent (swadaya) housing facilities so this is a collaboration between the government and the community. So the community together with the government presents a tourism facility which in my opinion has a good standard and we promise before the MotoGP we will stay one night at this homestay. This has really empowered the community, opened job opportunities because every house besides the owner there are 4-5 people who also get jobs" The Minister said.
Menparekraf Sandiaga added that this homestay is targeting new middle class millennials who want to enjoy the beauty of Mandalika, but do not have sufficient budget for five-star lodging. With the price for one room of IDR 250,000 / night including breakfast, wifi and electricity, Sandiaga feels that this price is quite affordable. The homestay program is a self-subsistent Housing Stimulant Assistance (BSPS) program from the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (KemenPUPR) or commonly known as the house renovation program. In 2020 this program will be increased to support the tourism sector and creative economy in Lombok, NTB, which is one of the 5 Super Priority Destinations (DSP) set by President Joko Widodo//NK
January
Aftershock rocks Indonesia quake zone as search continues
Written by nuke
An aerial picture shows damaged governor of West Sulawesi province's office following an earthquake in Mamuju - REUTERS
An aftershock hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island on Saturday (Jan 16) as rescue workers searched for people trapped under rubble after an earthquake killed at least 45 people, injured hundreds and sent thousands fleeing. Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency said no damage or casualties were reported from the 5.0-magnitude aftershock in the West Sulawesi districts of Mamuju and Majene a day after the 6.2-magnitude earthquake.
Agency head Doni Monardo told Kompas TV the search continued for victims who could still be trapped under rubble. More than 820 people were injured and about 15,000 people have been evacuated, the agency said. Some have sought refuge in the mountains, while others went to cramped evacuation centres, witnesses said.
Friday's quake and its aftershocks damaged more than 300 homes and two hotels, as well as flattening a hospital and the office of a regional governor, where authorities told Reuters several people had been trapped.Access to the neighbouring city of Makassar remains cut off, Arianto Ardi of the search and rescue agency in Mamuju told Reuters, adding that the search will focus on the hotels//CNA
January
A 6.2-magnitude quake strikes West Sulawesi's Majene
Written by Nur YasminAn earthquake of magnitude 6.2 followed by several aftershocks struck Majene in the Indonesian province of West Sulawesi on early Friday, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said.
The epicenter of the 6.2-magnitude quake which occurred at 01.28 WIB (West Indonesia Standard Time) was located on land six kilometers northeast of Majene at a depth of 10 kilometers, Chief of BMKG Earthquake and Tsunami Center Bambang Setiyo Prayitno said in a written statement.
Judging by its epicenter and hypocenter, the quake was a shallow quake caused by the local fault, he said.
The tremor was felt by people at Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale IV-V in Majene, MMI III in Palu, Mamuju Tengah, Mamuju Utara, and Mamasa.
A quake of MMI III could be felt indoors akin to the movement of a truck, while that of MMI IV could be felt by several people within and outside houses, with the windows or doors creaking and audible wall sounds.
Meanwhile, a quake of MMI V could be felt by nearly all individuals in the affected area and caused articles to dart off and pillars and heavy articles to shake.
Mercalli scale is one of the units to assess the strength of an earthquake, especially in the absence of a seismometer at the site, according to the agency.
No immediate reports were received of any material damage, injuries, or fatalities.
Bambang said before the 6.2- magnitude quake struck the BMKG had detected a foreshock of magnitude 3.1.
As of 02.20 WIB, the BMKG recorded six aftershocks with a maximum magnitude of 4.1.
Friday's quake still had to do with a quake of magnitude 5.9 which struck at 13.35 WIB on Thursday, he said.
Indonesia sits on the geographically active “Pacific Ring of Fire” and holds some 40 percent of the world's geothermal reserves.
The Ring of Fire, or the Circum-Pacific belt, is the world’s greatest earthquake belt, according to Live Science, owing to fault lines running from Chile to Japan and Southeast Asia. (antaranews)
January
Sriwijaya plane crash: Rescuers collect 16 more body bags
Written by Nur YasminA joint search and rescue (SAR) team has collected 16 more body bags from the site of the Sriwijaya Air plane crash in the waters off the Seribu Islands.
"We will later hand over the 16 bags of body parts to the team of DVI (Disaster Victim Identification) and KNKT (National Committee for Transportation Safety) for further investigation," operations director of the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), Brig. Gen. Rasman MS, said during a press conference at the integrated SAR command post at the Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) 2 in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, on Thursday.
The body bags were transported from the crash site to the integrated SAR command post on a Basarnas vessel.
They were the fourth batch to be handed over to the DVI and KNKT team.
A total of 196 body bags have been collected since the search operation commenced.
Earlier, the Marine Security Agency (Bakamla) also handed over a bag of plane debris and a bag containing passengers' property in the form of books or journals to the DVI and KNKT team for further investigation.
The Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182, bearing the registration number PK-CLC, lost contact on Saturday (January 9, 2020) at 2:40 p.m. Western Indonesia time (WIB) shortly after take-off and crashed between Lancang Island and Laki Island, Seribu Islands, DKI Jakarta. The flight was traveling on the Jakarta-Pontianak route.
The Boeing 737-500 aircraft lost contact at a position 11 nautical miles north of the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Tangerang after crossing an altitude of 11 thousand feet and while climbing to a higher altitude of 13 thousand feet.
The plane took off from Soekarno-Hatta Airport at 2.36 p.m. Western Indonesia time (WIB) on Saturday. Its schedule was delayed from the previous flight schedule of 1.35 p.m. WIB due to weather conditions.
Based on the manifest, the aircraft, which was produced in 1994, was carrying 62 persons: 50 passengers and 12 crew members. The passengers comprised 40 adults, seven children, and three babies. (Antaranews)
January
Research vessel finds suspected location of second black box
Written by Nur YasminResearch vessel Baruna Jaya has detected the suspected location of the crashed Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182's cockpit voice recorder (CVR), officials informed on Thursday.
Chief of the Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Hammam Riza, said the agency's Baruna Jaya IV is still at the crash site and is continuing to search for the CVR, which is part of the black box flight recorder.
"The search for the CVR is still ongoing using an undersea robot which is commonly called Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)," he said in a press statement released on Thursday.
The ROV is equipped with Ultra Short Baseline (USBL), capable of determining the coordinate position so that the location of any item on the seabed can be determined, he informed.
During the search operation in which the RCV was deployed over a 53-meter radius, 34 locations of plane debris have been found, with the farthest debris found at a distance of 53 meters from the point where the flight data recorder was retrieved, he said.
The plane's flight data recorder (FDR) was retrieved by Navy divers from the seabed around 4:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday. It was found lying about 23 meters below the water surface.
The FDR device of the aircraft, which was carrying 50 passengers and 12 crew members on board when it crashed into the ocean on January 9, 2021, has been handed over to the National Committee for Transportation Safety (KNKT).
The Transportation Ministry had earlier confirmed that airport authorities had lost contact with the Sriwijaya Air flight, serving the Jakarta-Pontianak route, around 2:40 p.m. local time on Saturday (January 9, 2021).
According to the ministry, the last contact with the Boeing 737-500 jet, bearing the registration number PK-CLC, was made at 11 nautical miles north of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, after the aircraft crossed an altitude of 11 thousand feet and was ascending to 13 thousand feet
The plane took off from Soekarno-Hatta Airport at 2:40 p.m. local time on Saturday and was scheduled to land at Supadio Airport in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, at 3:50 p.m. local time. (Antaranews)
January
COVAX vaccine available sooner in second quarter of 2021: Marsudi
Written by Nur YasminForeign Minister Retno Marsudi affirmed that procurement of the COVID-19 vaccine, through the COVAX global facility, led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Vaccines Alliance (GAVI), will be sooner, in the 2021 second quarter.
"We see a trend of progress [...] if initially the vaccine, via the multilateral route, would only be available in the third quarter or fourth quarter, then in recent communications (with the WHO and GAVI), multilateral vaccines are likely to be available in the second quarter of 2021," Marsudi notified reporters on Wednesday.
To gain access to the COVID-19 vaccine from GAVI, Indonesia, included in 92 low- and middle-income nations, will be assisted by donor countries through the funding mechanism of COVAX AMC.
Indonesia has made the submissions required by the COVAX Facility: an expression of interest letter on October 16, 2020; a request for technical assistance form on November 27, 2020; and a request form for vaccine part A on December 7, 2020, and followed by a part B vaccine request form related to indemnification on January 8, 2021.
The next submission by Indonesia is a form of a cold chain equipment (CCE) support request related to the technical capacity of providing vaccine cooling systems in the first quarter of 2021.
As one of the advance market commitment (AMC) countries, Indonesia has the opportunity to obtain vaccines, with full subsidies, for 20 percent of the total population, or some 54 million people.
By signing the part B vaccine form, Indonesia has the opportunity to receive up to 108 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX Facility.
Vaccine deliveries from the COVAX Facility will be gradual, at three percent, in the first quarter of 2021 and proportionately to the 92 AMC countries.
Earlier, 1.2 million doses of the Sinovac vaccine arrived in the country and are currently awaiting permission from the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM).
Hartarto noted that 1.8 million doses of the Sinovac vaccine are expected to arrive in January 2021 along with raw materials for producing 15 million doses of the vaccine. (antaranews)
January
Minister Marsudi appointed COVAX AMC Engagement Group co-chair
Written by Nur YasminIndonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi was appointed as co-chair of the COVAX AMC Engagement Group, initiated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Vaccine Alliance (GAVI).
Marsudi, along with Ethiopian Health Minister Lia Tadesse and Canadian Minister of International Development Karina Gould, will lead the COVID-19 vaccine procurement and distribution program for 92 COVAX AMC member countries.
The Indonesian foreign minister was appointed to the post after securing a 41-percent majority of the total votes that she described as a manifestation of trust of the world, especially developing countries, such as Indonesia.
"It is a huge responsibility for Indonesia to enable all countries to have equal access to the vaccine through multilateral networks. We will attempt to shoulder the huge responsibility as aptly as possible," she affirmed here on Wednesday.
The COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) Engagement Group is a forum between the AMC member states and donor countries aimed at procuring and distributing vaccines for AMC member states.
Through the cooperation forum, 92 low- and middle-income countries, grouped in the COVAX Facility, will have access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines with the help of donor countries.
The COVAX Facility has targeted to procure vaccines for 20 percent of each AMC member state's population and support AMC member states' preparations for the national vaccination plan.
"Surely, the vaccine will be procured in stages due to limited vaccine stocks for all countries," she remarked.
Although COVAX will find it challenging to meet the target of procuring vaccine in the wake of limited resources and preparations of all countries to accept the COVID-19 vaccine, Marsudi expressed belief that close cooperation among all nations would help to achieve the target.
To follow up on her new role as co-chair of the COVAX AMC Engagement Group, the minister, through the Indonesian permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, will hold intensive communication with the Switzerland-based GAVI.
"In addition, I will contact the two other co-chairs to start our communication," she added. (antaranews)
January
Pandjaitan, Wang Yi meet in Lake Toba area, North Sumatra
Written by Nur YasminCoordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan received a visit from Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Parapat at a location directly adjacent to Lake Toba, North Sumatra, on Tuesday.
During the meeting with Yi, Pandjaitan was accompanied by Deputy Minister of Trade Jerry Sambuaga to hold a discussion on efforts to boost strategic cooperation in the fields of investment and trade.
"The arrival of my friend, Mr Wang Yi, to Lake Toba is expected to forge good and sustainable cooperation between the two countries. Tomorrow, Mr Wang Yi will be welcomed by the president of the Republic of Indonesia and will heed personally the president's aspirations for strategic cooperation between the two countries," Pandjaitan noted in a written statement received here on Tuesday.
Yi is on a two-day visit to Indonesia on Jan 12-13, as part of a series of visits to four member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) -- Myanmar, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, and the Philippines -- on Jan 11-16, 2021.
During the visit to North Sumatra, Yi and his delegates had visited several historical places around Lake Toba and engaged in hiking.
Pandjaitan had invited Yi to visit Toba and witness up-close the beauty of Lake Toba and engage in his hobby of hiking.
In Jakarta, on Wednesday, Yi was scheduled to pay a courtesy call on President Joko Widodo and Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi. (antaranews)
