The paddy-field was threatened by the drought

Around 50 hectare (Ha) the paddy-field in the Mluweh Village, Kecamatan Ungaran Timur, Kabupaten Semarang was threatened with experiencing the drought, considering the condition retraining wall the Ngepreh Dam in the local village at this time collapsed.

This dam had a function of dividing the Ngepreh river water current to the land of the resident's rice cultivation.

By collapsing him retraining wall this dam, the river water current it was confirmed will not irrigate the rice cultivation land but immediately was thrown away towards the Babon River.

Totaling 10 hectare the paddy-field that was threatened with being not irrigated was the bent paddy-field, property of the resident.

According to the Village Head Mluweh, Sukarso, that was met exposed on Saturday (9/2), retraining wall this Ngepreh Dam was built around 1979 by using the fund from the government of the centre.

However since the 1990 's, this dam collapsed.

Since that time, explained he, when the season buried the local farmers claimed to be the difficulty of receiving water because of collapsing him this dam.

Especially in the dry season.

Sukarso said, the resident finally in a self-supporting manner had repaired this dam damage.

However this improvement his characteristics were not permanent, because of the limitations of the resident's fund.

Finally retraining wall this dam often collapsed, and water that flowed to the rice cultivation land was not optimal.

Not agreed last 2006 local villagers through the Combination of the Tani Group (Gapoktan) Sidodadi Makmur introduced the proposal of the Ngepreh Dam that collapsed of the development request.

However this proposal to the end of the budget year was not agreed to.

The same proposal then again was introduced in the following year.

However same then results.

Considering like that the importance of the role of the Ngepreh Dam in irrigating the rice cultivation land, the resident then intended to propose again this proposal this year.

"Previously was not agreed to on the basis of the fund that could be poured out maximal Rp 15 million."

In fact that was needed more than that.

However we said it's alright if only was given by Rp 15 million, later will be aroused by us in accordance with the fund that was given, but evidently also was not given, obviously him.

In the proposal this time the value of the development that was put forward reached Rp 250 million.

This fund was allocated constructive dam in the Sinanas River, Sungai Ngepreh, and the Banyuasin River.

Moreover, will be built also three.