Nanggala Submarine Repaired in South Korea

Tempo Interactive, Wednesday, 16 December, 2009 | 16:33 WIB

TEMPO Interactive, Surabaya:To improve its fighting capability, the Indonesian Navy will send the Nanggala Submarine 402 to South Korea for repairs and additional weaponry.

“We sent the Nanggala Submarine on Tuesday for an overhaul,” said Eastern Armada Information Office chief, Lt. Col. Marine Toni Syaiful in his press release on Wednesday (16/12).

According to Toni, the Nanggala is the second submarine to be repaired in South Korea after the Cakra-401 battleship.

The Nanggala is a 209/1300-type submarine that is widely used by the navy worldwide. In Indonesia, the 1981 West Germany-made submarine was used for joint practices with the United States in 2002 and 2004.

The Nanggala Submarine was also used for a joint maritime operation in the Indian Ocean in 2004, when it managed to sink the ex-Rakata Ship.

The Nanggala submarine is the Indonesian Navy’s major battleship in its armada. It is equipped with a low-speed, Siemens’ electrical ship generator without a gear that is able to distribute direct power through a shaft to the submarine’s propellers. The total power distributed is 5000 horse power shaft.

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Fauzi Calls Inspections for All 26 Dams in The Capital

The Jakarta Globe, Arientha Primanita, March 28, 2009

Situ Gintung dam burst its banks near Jakarta, sending waves of muddy water laden with debris crashing into a suburb of the Indonesian capital. (BBC)

The governor of Jakarta said on Friday that following the Situ Gintung disaster he had ordered an inspection of all dams in Jakarta.

“I have ordered the Public Works Agency to check and recheck the dams and all flood mitigation facilities and infrastructure in Jakarta,” Fauzi Bowo said.

“The incident in Situ Gintung was probably due to a lack of routine inspections,” he said.

Fauzi said that he sent his condolences to families of victims and that he regretted the disaster in the Cirendeu area of Tangerang, west of Jakarta.

He said the capital had set up shelters at Muhammadiyah University Jakarta and Ahmad Dahlan University in Ciputat, Banten Province, to accommodate people whose houses had been swept away or flooded by the burst dam.

Public health worker Effendy Anas said that in addition to providing medical aid the city sent six ambulances to help evacuate victims to Fatmawati Hospital in South Jakarta.

Budi Widiantoro, head of Jakarta’s Public Works Agency, said he had received the new instructions to check embankments in Jakarta and would take preventive steps if any weaknesses in structural integrity were found.

Budi said that while the Situ Gintung dam is in Banten Province, on the outskirts of Jakarta, it holds special significance for Indonesia’s largest city.

“It has the potential to hold back water to keep Jakarta from flooding,” he said, “but it can cause floods in Jakarta if it is overrun, as is happening now.”

He said the dam is directly linked to the Pesanggrahan River that runs through the Cirendeu area on its way to Jakarta areas like Tanah Kusir, Ulujami and Cipulir.

Fahrurozi, head of the water resources division of the Public Works Agency, said that embankment berms in Jakarta were in relatively in good condition. Of 26 dams in Jakarta, he said, six had completed berms, including Situ Babakan, Mangga Bolong and Situ Rawa Dongkel.

Fahrurozi said that at each dam there are officials who monitor water levels and infrastructural integrity.

“If they find something is wrong, they should report it to the agency as soon as possible to prevent breaches from happening,” Fahrurozi said.

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