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Residents carry buckets of water collected from a natural spring on June 20 in Gunung Putri village, Situbondo regency, East Java. Villagers say they have struggled to access clean water for drinking and daily needs over the past month, forcing them to walk about one kilometer to the spring. (Antara/Seno)
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ore regions across Indonesia are facing worsening water shortages as the El Niño-driven dry season intensifies, with authorities warning that prolonged below-normal rainfall could deepen the crisis in the coming months.
Thousands of households across several regencies have already gone weeks without rain, prompting the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) to urge regional administrations to strengthen drought preparedness.
“BNPB urges all regional administrations and the public to strengthen preparedness against drought, clean water shortages, and forest and land fires,” BNPB spokesperson Abdul Muhari said in a statement on Friday.
He also urged the public to conserve water and avoid burning land or waste, which could trigger forest and land fires during the dry season.
In its latest update on Friday, BNPB added Gunungkidul in Yogyakarta, Semarang in Central Java and Jember in East Java to the growing list of areas facing water shortages. At least 700 households across the three regions have been affected, prompting local authorities to begin distributing clean water by tanker trucks.
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The latest reports add to more than 7,100 households already struggling to access clean water in some of the hardest-hit areas, including Cilacap, Klaten and Jepara in Central Java; Bantul in Yogyakarta; Karawang, Tasikmalaya and Sukabumi in West Java; as well as Seram in Maluku, where emergency water deliveries are also underway.
