60 Kepung Hotspots 8 Regions in Riau, Smoke Fog in Pekanbaru Where Jokowi Nginap is getting more concentrated

News24xx.com - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) noted that there were 60 hotspots throughout Riau Province, on Tuesday 17 September 2019 morning observations. These hotspots are found in eight districts and cities.

60 hotspots that level of confidence (confidence level) above 50 percent. The hotspots are found in Bengkalis two points, Kampar one hotspot, Dumai eight hotspots, Kuansing one, Pelalawan 11, Rohil 27 hotspots, Inhil there are four and Inhu six hotspots.

Of the 60 hotspots, 41 of them even have a confidence level above 70 percent (a hotspot). The hotspots were detected by satellite imagery in the area of ??forest and land fires (Karhutla) in Riau.

The distribution, namely one hotspot in Bengkalis, one in Kampar, six in Dumai, one in Kuansing, seven in Pelalawan, 23 hotspots in Rohil and two others in Inhil.

The impact of the forest and land fire has caused almost all regions in Riau to be shrouded in smoke haze. Even in the city of Pekanbaru, the dust is getting thicker on observations this Tuesday morning.

According to the site bmkg.go.id the smog that blanketed the City of Pekanbaru made air quality (PM10) decline. Even since last night the air quality has reached dangerous levels, continuing until dawn on Tuesday.

Not only does it make the air quality deteriorate to reach dangerous levels, thick smog also causes short visibility, which ranges from only 800 meters.

The worsening of the Forestry and the haze disaster in Riau, made Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) come. Jokowi landed in Pekanbaru yesterday evening and stayed for a day in Pekanbaru, which was hit by a thick haze of smoke.

As for the ink day, Jikowi is scheduled to conduct a review of several locations to monitor the forest and land fires directly.