President and First Lady Iriana Jokowi plant date palms in Semantok Dam area in Indonesia

Nganjuk, East Java (ANTARA) - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and First Lady Iriana Jokowi planted date palms in the Semantok Dam area, Nganjuk District, East Java, which the head of state had recently inaugurated. "There were seven date palms planted in the Semantok Dam area. The trees were planted because they were suitable, rarely so there are date palms in Indonesia," Head of the Protocol and Communication Section for Nganjuk District Leadership Asti Widyartini stated on Tuesday. Widyartini also said that Acting Head of Nganjuk District Marhaen Djumadi hoped that by planting date palms in the dam area, it would become a tourist destination in the future. The president and First Lady Iriana personally planted the date palms. After planting, the trees were watered, so they would grow. President Jokowi, accompanied by Mrs. Iriana Jokowi, inaugurated the Semantok Dam in Nganjuk District. The Semantok Dam is the 30th to have been inaugurated by the government from the ...