Blitar: The Blitar regency administration has provided clean water to the residents of eleven villages reeling from the impact of the prolonged drought during the current dry season.
"We forecast that 19 villages (will be affected by the dry spell). Currently, 11 villages (are parched)," Blitar disaster mitigation office (BPBD) head Heru Irawan remarked here on Monday, October 7, 2019.
The agency has dispatched water tankers for four to six trips to the villages on a day-to-day basis. Most villages, experiencing a dearth of water, are located in hilly areas.
"We hope the drought would end soon. Today, after the prayers, clean water, donated by the NGOs, has arrived," Blitar regent Rijanto stated.
Rijanto echoed the government’s commitment to assisting local residents impacted by the clean water crisis.
The Surabaya Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Office (BMKG) has forecast rainfall in East Java Province since early October 2019.
Surabaya BMKG Bambang Hargiyono head stated that rainfall of low intensity is expected to be received in Lumajang, Malang, Banyuwangi, Tuban, and Lamongan.
In November, East Java is expected to receive rains, with the rainy season peaking between December 2019 and February 2020.
An El Nino-induced severe dry spell has cast a pall over 100 districts and cities in Indonesia’s provinces of Aceh, West Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, West Nusa Tenggara, and East Nusa Tenggara.
A total of 55 district and municipal administrations in the seven provinces have declared a state of emergency in their regions over drought. (Antara)
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