Long Lawen headman Gara Jalong's village is powered by a micro-hydro system, which generates 10kW of electricity 12 hours a day by harnessing the power of small streams with a significant vertical drop. – The Malaysian Insight pic, March 16, 2019.
LONG Lawen headman Gara Jalong has no regrets about rejecting the Sarawak government’s relocation offer to make way for the construction of the Bakun Dam. Twenty-one years ago, the state government promised residents a brand new longhouse in Sg Asap, complete with 24-hour electricity and treated water supply, to persuade them to leave their village in Long Gang, situated on the site of the planned 14,750 sq km reservoir of the 2,400MW hydroelectric dam, which came online on August 6, 2011.
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