Don't Cry for Me Ie Beuna
THE name on the hull of the 2,600-ton ship was clear: PLTD Apung 1. However, the 63-meter-long, diesel power plant no longer floats at sea. It lies grounded, in the middle of Punge Blang Cut village in Meuraxa, just outside of Banda Aceh city.
One can imagine how the power-generating vessel belonging to the state-owned electricity company, PLN, in Banda Aceh was carried by gigantic waves from the sea to the mainland. Its current location is unlikely the work any human being. The distance from Port Ule Lheue, where the ship was moored, to where it lies today is approximately 5 kilometers.
December 23, 2014
THE name on the hull of the 2,600-ton ship was clear: PLTD Apung 1. However, the 63-meter-long, diesel power plant no longer floats at sea. It lies grounded, in the middle of Punge Blang Cut village in Meuraxa, just outside of Banda Aceh city.
One can imagine how the power-generating vessel belonging to the state-owned electricity company, PLN, in Banda Aceh was carried by gigantic waves from the sea to the mainland. Its current location is unli
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