Waiting for Ciawi-Sukamahi Dam

People are waiting for the Ciawi and Sukamahi dry dams in Bogor, West Java to begin operating. The completion of the dam project will also end the impact that the dam construction project is currently having on local res

KOMPAS/RONY ARIYANTO NUGROHO

Ciawi and Sukamahi Dam Projects - Sukamahi Dam Landscape in Sukamahi, Bogor Regency, West Java, which is still in the completion stage, Wednesday (2/2/2022).

Exploring Pandansari village in Ciawi district, Bogor, West Java, you will find that most of the houses in the village are facing the Cibalok River. As the crow flies, the beautiful Pandansari is about 4.6 kilometers below the Ciawi Dam project.

Under the Ciawi Dam, there are indeed several sluice gates, one of which is the Cibalok sluice gate. This sluice is upstream of the Cibalok irrigation channel that crosses Pandansari village before reaching the Katulampa sluice.