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Government opens 26th remote fuel station
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Residents of Latu village, Seram Island, Maluku, stop at the area's first ever gas station. (JP/Nethy Dharma Somba)
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he government on Sunday officiated the operation of its 26th remote fuel station in Tanah Hitam village, Sambas regency, West Kalimantan, as part of a nationwide program to implement a single price for fuel.
With the fuel station, residents will no longer need to travel 20 kilometers and cross a 400-meter river to buy fuel, according to a statement from the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry as reported by Antara.
Sunday’s inauguration was attended by the ministry’s downstream business director Harya Adityawarman, Pertamina’s Region IV general manager of marketing operations Yanuar Budi Hartanto and Sambas Regent Atbah Romin Suhaili.
Fuel is currently being sold at Rp 6,450 (47 US cents) per liter for subsidized gasoline (Premium) and Rp 5,150 for subsidized diesel fuel (Solar), similar to the prices in Jakarta.
Read also: Only 25 areas receive single-fuel price program by SeptemberPreviously, Tanah Hitam village residents had to pay between Rp 7,500 and Rp 9,000 per liter of fuel, according to the press statement.
The single fuel-price program was introduced by the administration of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. The government has so far constructed 54 gas stations in remote areas this year. (bbn)
