Selasa, 13 Desember 2011

Environmental improvement of Lake Toba one must


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Medan (Xinhua) - Chairman of the Authority Asahan, Effendi Sirait, claimed environmental improvements around Lake Toba, North Sumatra, needs to be continued today despite the lake's water level is still pretty good in the range of 903.8.
"The position of water level of Lake Toba which reaches an elevation of 903.8 this weekend is still quite safe because it is above the lower threshold and upper threshold of 902.4 to 905.5. But the quality of the environment must be improved and Asahan Authority also continued attempts to maintain and improve environmental improvement, "he said in Medan, on Sunday.
With the elevation of the lake so the supply airkeluar of dams for hydropower purposes pembangkit llistrik (hydropower) Siguragura also good on the average of 110 tons per second.
To keep the environment and other fields, including three pmberdayaan economic, infrastructure development and education, especially scholarships, this year, the Authority Asahan allocated Rp92 billion, up from 2010 which still Rp60 billion.
"Asahan Authority to assess four areas were interrelated in the maintenance of the environment so that it needs to be done in line," he said.
Chairman of the Executive Agency Ecosystem Management Coordination Agency of Lake Toba Region, Edward Simanjuntak, acknowledged, still need to work hard to improve the quality of the environment around Lake Toba.
"Once all the cliffs surrounding the lake filled with trees, while today many are bald by the actions various groups so that indeed there should be planting trees as do various circles today," he said.
Environmental degradation, mainly due to deforestation, forest fires, landslides into the lake, trash, and water pollution must be repaired.
"There should be a serious improvement to maintain the function of the lake area that pretty much started to sectors of the economy to avoid a natural disaster," 'he said.
Data from previously received BKPKDT, mengungakapkan, from 260,154 hectares of land catchment of Lake Toba, a total of 116,424 hectares of critical land in between.
While the rest of the forest, settlements, their fields, rice fields, industrial land, and area tourism.
The area is spread over seven counties surrounding Lake Toba, the North Tapanuli, Toba Samosir, Humbang Hasundutan, Naidoo, Simalungun, Dairi, and Karo. The total area reached 110,260 hectares of Lake Toba. (ANT)
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