PDAM not Pay Unpaid Electricity, Water Still Loss

LHOKSEUMAWE - "Regional Water Company (PDAM) Tirta Mon Pase North Aceh until Friday (5/12) have not paid the arrears of electricity bills to PLN. As a result, the water supply to two thousand customers in Lhokseumawe still jammed total for electricity will not be supplied back to the electric current number booster PDAM decided since eight days ago.

Customers in the Cage was disappointed because it was over a week water taps totally jammed into their homes. Thus, for their daily needs have to buy water elsewhere. "We read in the newspaper a few days ago, the director of PDAM he immediately pay the arrears of electricity, but to this day has not been well water flows back into our house," said Abdullah, a resident of the Cage to the Porch Friday (5/12).

Therefore, he hoped that when the taps have not been able to pay arrears of electricity bills in order to invite PLN to discuss the problem and find the best solution. So that water can flow back into homes.

Director of PDAM Tirta Mon Pase, Zainuddin M Rashid when contacted yesterday acknowledged it has arrears of electricity bills. However, he said, he is still trying to accelerate the disbursement of cash North Aceh. "When the funds are credited to the accounts taps, we will immediately transfer to the account of PLN," he promised.

It said it had repeatedly communicate again with PLN, including showed me some evidence that disbursement is in process. However, menumt Zainuddin, PLN yet also want to reconnect the power supply to the booster us if funds are not liquid, "said Zainuddin.

Asked about his promise a few days ago that the funding issue will be completed on Thursday (4/12), Zainuddin said the fund was delayed due to a clerical error in the beam melting. "In the disbursement of these funds, we are proposing a bill file PLN, but the signature dibukti it scanned, so it must be changed again, so late. But we continue to work in order to liquid funds as soon as possible," said Zainuddin.

As reported previously, the water supply taps Tirla Mon PASE to two thousands of customers in the area of Lhokseumawe dormant during the past few days. This is due to PLN cut power in three booster belongs existing taps along the Simpang Keuramat-Cage as arrears of electricity bills to Rp 2, 1 billion.