Thousands of Indonesians prayed for rain in haze-hit towns on the islands of Sum...
JAKARTA - Thousands of Indonesians prayed for rain in haze-hit towns on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo on Wednesday, as forest fires raged at the height of the dry season, the state Antara news agency reported.
Indonesia’s neighbors regularly complain about smog caused by its forest blazes, which are often started to clear land for palm oil and pulp plantations. “We’re doing everything we can, now we pray to Allah for the rain,” deputy provincial governor Edy Nasution told the news agency. Indonesian authorities are using 37 helicopters and 239 million litres of water bombs to attack the blazes, the disaster agency said on its Twitter account, while aircraft were seeding clouds in the hope of generating rain.
Police were also taking legal action to deter farmers from illegally using fire to clear land, Antara reported.
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