REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PINRANG -- The 'Bendoro' secondary irrigation project which will be inaugurated by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), in Sidrap District, South Sulawesi, on Wednesday, is expected to irrigate 12 thousand hectares of rice fields, an official said.

"The President will inaugurate the project with a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday. The irrigation project has a width of six meters and a length of 2.2 km," Hnizon, a local PAM Irrigation official, said on Wednesday (5/11).

He said President Jokowi would visit the district for the first time as a president. Local residents are happy with the president's visit to Sidrap District, South Sulawesi.

Abd Rahman, one of the Bendoro residents said that local residents so far could only have two planting and harvest seasons a year. The presence of the Bendoro irrigation project is expected to enable residents to have three times of planting and harvest seasons per annum.