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Lighting Up Kuang Village

For decades the people of Dusun Kuang, a remote village in West Kalimantan, had been waiting to get electricity. Children used to study at home under the light of a kerosene lamp. Medical workers relied on a flashlight when they helped women give birth at night. Now, with the village funds, they can get out of the “dark” era.

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Emanuel Edi Saputra
· 6 minutes read
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Technicians check a manual sluice gate on Monday (16/7/2018) at a micro hydro power plant (PLTMH) at Kuang hamlet of Sempatung village in Landak regency, West Kalimantan.

For decades the people of Dusun Kuang, a remote village in West Kalimantan, had been waiting to get electricity. Children used to study at home under the light of a kerosene lamp. Medical workers relied on a flashlight when they helped women give birth at night. Now, with the village funds, they can get out of the “dark” era.

Mita, 30, an operator of a micro hydropower plant (PLTMH) in Dusun Kuang, a remote hamlet in  Sempatung  village, Landak regency, West Kalimantan, was busy checking the generator’s parts, recently.

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