#dry season

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West Aceh shrouded in smoke after peatland fire

West Aceh District of Aceh Province is shrouded in smoke after peatlands in the region caught fire due to illegal land ...

Clean water shortage hits some areas

Several parts of Indonesia have been experiencing drought-like conditions over the past weeks and the government is ...

28 villages in a Lebak under threat of water crisis

A total of 28 villages in Lebak district, Banten province, are under a threat of clean water crisis as the dry season ...

Indonesian government monitors dams to anticipate water shortages

The Indonesian government is closely monitoring water levels at a number of dams to watch for water shortages during ...

Farmers ready to grow melon for exports in Indramayu

Farmers in the coastal areas of Indramayu, West Java, are ready to grow melon in the dry season after rice harvest ...

Bulog urged to intervene in market

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa urged state logistics agency (Bulog) on Wednesday to intervene ...

Air quality index in Riau improving

Air quality index in Riau has continued to improve in line with the declining number of forest and land fires ...

Kadin asks research, technology ministry to study Riau`s haze

The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has asked the Ministry of Research and Technology to study ...

When haze attacks three countries, cooperation needed

Haze knows no border. In this current dry season with extreme hot weather, Sumatra is being hit by forest, peatland ...

BNPB sets aside Rp25 billion to battle forest fires

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has set aside Rp25 billion (around 2.5 million US Dollar) to make ...

Riau trying to block peatland fires

Four teams of the Riau forest fire and rescue brigade called "Manggala Agni" have been trying to block peatland ...

Victoria storm not affects Indonesian waters

The Tanjung Perak chapter of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) for Maritime in Surabaya, East ...

Floods inundate over one thousand houses in Lamongan

Floods have submerged a total of 1,157 houses in Laren and Babat Sub-districts, Lamongan District, East Java Province ...

Floods, landslides hit 11 districts in Indonesia

Floods and landslides have hit 11 districts in Indonesia lately, a spokesman of the National Disaster Mitigation ...

Artificial rain demand increasing

The Indonesian Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) receives increasing demand of artificial ...