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Only 28 islands Maluku supplied with power
AMBON: Only 28 of 576 islands in Maluku territory a supplied with electricity, according to an official of state power company PT PLN
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MBON: Only 28 of 576 islands in Maluku territory a supplied with electricity, according to an official of state power company PT PLN.
“Of 576 islands, 259 are inhabited, of which only 28 have electricity installations,” Harun Tukuboya, who is in charge of legal and administrative affairs for Maluku and North Maluku regions.
Elaborating further on demography, Harun said people with access to electricity were scattered across 70 districts in eight regencies and two municipalities, comprising 542 of Maluku’s 888 villages.
The establishment of power plants in Maluku, according to Harun, faces inherent difficulties with the province made up of hundreds of islands.
Another problem is, he added, many islands have too few residents for PLN to benefit from installing electricity networks. — JP
