TNI Commander Guarantees Haze-Free Asian Games
Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto has promised that the 2018 Asian Games, co-hosted by Jakarta and South Sumatra capital Palembang, would be free of haze from forest and peatland fires.
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A Super Puma helicopter belonging to APP Sinar Mas drops water bombs to extinguish a forest fire in Kayu Labu village, Pedamaran Timur district, Ogan Komering Ilir regency, South Sumatra on Wednesday, July 18, 2018. The government is cooperating with private parties to extinguish the fires so as to prevent the smoke from spreading. This is necessary because the presence of smoke threatens the success of the 2018 Asian Games in Palembang, South Sumatra.
PALEMBANG, KOMPAS – Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto has promised that the 2018 Asian Games, co-hosted by Jakarta and South Sumatra capital Palembang, would be free of haze from forest and peatland fires. Early prevention measures have been carried out continuously, including extra firefighting personnel, water bombing and applying weather modification technology to water local peatlands.
Preventing hotspots in peatlands is key. “Fire must not be allowed to spread. Hot peatlands must be watered,” Hadi said on Tuesday (24/7/2018) after leading a coordination meeting at the South Sumatra Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD).