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        "msgid": "crying-out-for-a-drop-of-rain-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-09-07 00:00:00",
        "title": "Crying out for a drop of rain",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Crying out for a drop of rain Reality bites: Each year our people endure a schizophrenic existence of weathering floods, only to be followed by severe drought. It's an ordeal for residents of drought-hit areas, waiting and praying for rain to fall on their parched land.",
        "content": "<p>Crying out for a drop of rain<\/p>\n<p>Reality bites: Each year our people endure a schizophrenic<br>\nexistence of weathering floods, only to be followed by severe<br>\ndrought. It&apos;s an ordeal for residents of drought-hit areas,<br>\nwaiting and praying for rain to fall on their parched land.<\/p>\n<p>Although rain has started in some parts of Jakarta and the<br>\ngovernment has announced it would start cloud seeding to create<br>\nrain in Java this month, residents living in Pejamuran hamlet,<br>\nPesilian, Kronjo district in Tangerang, Banten, have a daily<br>\nstruggle to get fresh water.<\/p>\n<p>Day and night, they have to walk a kilometer to the nearest<br>\nwell, now the main source of water not only for them but<br>\nresidents of other nearby villages. The next nearest active well<br>\nis five kilometers away.<\/p>\n<p>Only a few hours drive from Jakarta, the water crisis is an<br>\neveryday nightmare. It&apos;s about time we asked ourselves why, in<br>\nour country blessed with abundant natural resources, we still<br>\nsuffer the same disastrous cycle year in and year out.<\/p>\n<p>-- P.J. Leo<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/crying-out-for-a-drop-of-rain-1447893297",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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