Monument of PLTD Apung, Witness of the Aceh Aceh Tsunami

The devastation of the tsunami waves that hit the northern coast of Banda Aceh in December 2004 was still a trace. Not only is it still imaginable in the memory, the tsunami also left a trail of monuments. The monument is a warning to anyone against the enormity of the forces of nature.

One of them is the monument diesel power (Diesel Power Plant) floating in Punge Village, Blancut, Banda Aceh. As the name implies, this ship is a source of electricity for the Ulee Lheue region - where the ship was tethered before the tsunami.

The ship with a length of 63 meters is capable of generating power of 10.5 megawatts. With an area reaching 1,900 square meters and weighs 2,600 tons, no one imagines this ship can move up to the middle of Banda Aceh City.

When the tsunami occurred on December 26, 2004, the ship was dragged a tidal wave as high as 9 meters so it shifted to the heart of Banda Aceh as far as 5 kilometers. The ship slammed into the middle of a residential community, not far from the Tsunami Museum.

Of the 11 crew members and some residents who were on board when the tsunami occurred, only one person survived. The phenomenon of this ship shift shows the awesomeness of wave power that hit the porch of Mecca at that time.

Currently, the area around the PLTD Apung has been purchased by the government to be reorganized into educational tourism rides. To commemorate the casualties that fell due to the tsunami, built a memorial monument. On the monument, the date and time of the incident from the disaster that also happened to some countries other than Indonesia.

Around the monument, built walls with reliefs resembling a flood wave. From this boat, visitors can also see the Bukit Barisan mountain range