Cloud-seeding to help planting season

Cloud-seeding to help planting season

JATILUHUR, W. Java: Some 200 million cubic meters of water is
expected to pour down on the Citarum river basin, West Java, when
cloud seeding starts at the end of the month.

Director of Jatiluhur Authority, Muhamad Ulama, was quoted by
Antara as saying that artificial rain was expected to start
falling on the area by the end of September until early October.

The water from the rain will be held at reservoirs in
Saguling, Cirata and Jatiluhur. Water levels at the reservoirs
have dropped significantly due to the long dry season.

Ulama said some 260 million cubic meters of water would be
needed for 80,000 hectares of farmland by the beginning of
planting season in mid-October.

Only 108 million cubic meters of water is left in the
reservoirs. (aan)