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Water bombing operation prepared in Dumai
A waterbombing operation has been prepared in Dumai, Riau, to help extinguishworsening land and forest fires that have caused haze in surrounding areas
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waterbombing operation has been prepared in Dumai, Riau, to help extinguishworsening land and forest fires that have caused haze in surrounding areas.
'We moved the equipment for the water bombing operation to Dumai near the nature conservation area," Riau Haze Mitigation Task Force head Brig. Gen. Prihadi Agus Irianto said on Thursday as quoted by Antara news agency.
Forestry Ministry data shows that fires, lit by unscrupulous land clearers, have burned 3,000 hectares of forest in the conservation area.
Prihadi said the fires were difficult to extinguish and had created dense and choking haze that had spread to nearby areas, thereby paralyzing aviation activities at Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport in Pekanbaru.
The water bombing operation will involve eight helicopters, including Sikorsky and Comanche choppers, which are capable of carrying 5 tons of water per flight.
Meanwhile, the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) has used 6 tons of salt to seed clouds over seven areas and another 25 tons of salt have been prepared for the same purpose.
Areas targeted for cloud seeding were located in Siak, Pelalawan, Kuantan Singingi, Rokan Hilir, Kampar and Rokan Hulu regencies as well as Dumai city.(yln)
