Prabowo Orders 'Preventive Measures' for Forest Fires, Mandates Companies Build Water Reservoirs
President Prabowo Subianto has ordered companies to build water reservoirs (embung) and the military and police to prepare boreholes as preventive measures against forest and land fires (karhutla) before they occur. He emphasized the importance of proactive preparation rather than solely reactive firefighting for the recurring annual blazes.
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