W Lombok, NTB, July 10 -- The Ministry of Public Works stated that the newly inaugurated Meninting Dam in West Lombok District, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), supplies 0.15 cubic meters of raw water per second to around 100,000 residents.

During his visit to the dam, Public Works Minister Dody Hanggodo explained that Meninting Dam is one of the five dams inaugurated simultaneously by President Prabowo Subianto on Friday.

The other four are Keureuto Dam and Rukoh Dam in Aceh, Sidan Dam in Bali, and Jlantah Dam in Central Java.

In addition to providing raw water, he added, Meninting Dam has a total storage capacity of around 10 million cubic meters. This capacity is utilized year-round to fulfill the irrigation needs of 1,500 hectares of rice...