Covid-19 halts Indonesia's Batang Toru hydropower project


The Batang Toru hydropower project in North Sumatra.

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Development of the Batang Toru hydropower plant (PLTA) in South Tapanuli regency, North Sumatra, has been temporarily shut down as workers from mainland China are unable to fly to the country amid a travel ban implemented by the government over fears of the Covid-19 outbreak.

The company that will operate the plant, PT North Sumatra Hydro Energy (NSHE), said it had suspended the construction project in August last year after Chinese technical workers from contractor Sinohydro were terminated because they were unable to properly carry out their duties.

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