"We don`t think that residents in the municipality are being affected by the dry spells because they are served by the tap water company PDAM, yet there must be villages or subdistricts in 29 districts which are facing critical water," Head of East Java`s BPBD for Prevention and Alertness Affairs, Sudaisman said here on Sunday.
But he could not point out the names of villages and subdistricts which were being affected by water crisis.
"The provincial government officials have had a meeting with representatives of the 29 districts, some of which said they had been facing water crisis," he said.
The current drought has been taking place in the last two months, bringing water crisis to not only East Java but also to its neighboring provinces of Central Java, West Java and Banten.
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Editor: Suryanto
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