Tiu NIsung Dam

The community's wish Seteluk built the Tiu Nisung dam was kept being waiting for time.

Because this wish will begin to be realised this coming 2008 to build the dam by the fund from the Budget of the Income of the Negara Expenses (APBN).

Was like this was sent by the Division Head public relations, Protokol and the Resin of Setda Kabupaten Sumbawa Barat (KSB), Drs. Amiruddin, DH to Sumbawa Barat Post.

The "community's wish Seteluk related the Tiu Nisung dam has for a long time been striven for by the KSB government, because for the requirement" for the "quite wide agricultural land that until now often happened the lack" of "water if the dry season."

The government knew, the condition for the farmer only could plant very much in a year, so as to have been striven for to immediately build the Tiu Nisung dam, obviously Amiruddin.

With the construction of this Tiu Nisung dam, said Amiruddin, it is certain that will open hope of the available especially farmer in the Se- Teluk Subdistrict territory to be able to work the soil no longer depended the season.

"If the reservoir woke up, it was confirmed the farmer could plant through to 3 times in a year," he revealed.

The head of the Irrigation Field, Dinas Pekerjaan Umum and Pertanaman KSB, Ir. Djoko Agus Triono, confirmed if the development of the dam (embung) Tiu Nisung will in the Se- Teluk Subdistrict be realised the Anggaran Year 2008.

This Embung realisation on the Regional Government's KSB efforts went through the Hall Nusa Tenggara I.

Djoko explained, Balai Nusa Tenggara I carried out details of the design since several years set and that will do embung this at a cost of around Rp7 billion.

"Dam Tiu Nisung could it was confirmed irrigate the paddy-field land measuring 750 hectare," explained Djoko.

Apart from being built the big dam, continued Djoko, also will be built the irrigation channel.

"Further during 2009 will be built also Samarekat dam that his place in Ai Tabaka, in the Kokar Lian Village, Desa Poto Tano, Kecamatan Se- Teluk that could irrigate the paddy-field land measuring 500 hectare," explained Djoko.