Yogyakarta (Antara Bali) - The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has set aside Rp25 billion (around 2.5 million US Dollar) to make artificial rain over forest fires in Riau Province to battle haze looming over the region and neighboring countries.
"Haze from the forest fires have reached Singapore, thus we are to anticipate this matter," Head of Data and Information Center of BNPB Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said here Thursday.
BNPB will cooperate with the Application and Assessment of Technology Agency (BPPT) to make the artificial rain over the forest fires.
"BNPB will act as the coordinator while BPPT as the executive agent," Nugroho said.
The NOAA18 satellite on Tuesday (June 18) detected 148 hotspots over Riau Province, 26 over Jambi, 22 over West Sumatra, six over South Sulawesi and five hotspots over West Sumatra.
The satellite also detected some hotspots over neighboring countries such as Malaysia with eight hotspots and 29 hotspots spread over Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. There were also 17 hotspots over Myanmar. (*/DWA)
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"Haze from the forest fires have reached Singapore, thus we are to anticipate this matter," Head of Data and Information Center of BNPB Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said here Thursday.
BNPB will cooperate with the Application and Assessment of Technology Agency (BPPT) to make the artificial rain over the forest fires.
"BNPB will act as the coordinator while BPPT as the executive agent," Nugroho said.
The NOAA18 satellite on Tuesday (June 18) detected 148 hotspots over Riau Province, 26 over Jambi, 22 over West Sumatra, six over South Sulawesi and five hotspots over West Sumatra.
The satellite also detected some hotspots over neighboring countries such as Malaysia with eight hotspots and 29 hotspots spread over Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. There were also 17 hotspots over Myanmar. (*/DWA)
Editor : Dewa Sudiarta Wiguna
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