Weather modification team starts work

Weather modification team starts work

JAKARTA: A weather modification team at the Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), which is expected to help reduce rainfall in Jakarta, started operation on Friday.

State Minister of Research and Technology M. Hatta Radjasa said he had ordered the team to work after hearing a weather forecast by the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency on Thursday that there would be heavy rainfall on Friday.

However, Hatta did not mention whether the clear weather on Friday was the result of the work of the team, which started its activities since early in the morning at Halim Perdanakusuma air base in East Jakarta.

"I still cannot give any details of the work as I have not received a report or an evaluation," he said.

BPPT expressed its readiness on Monday to help reduce the intensity of rainfall in Jakarta because of its years of experience in the use of the weather modification technology. -- Antara