While the haze problem from fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra is still worsening, the news seems to be slowly slipping from the headlines. Apart from the approximate 40 million people breathing in noxious smoke day in day out, not many media outlets here or overseas really seem to care about the issue.
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta-The Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) is backing up the government effort to put out fire in Borneo as they plan to deploy warships for evacuation. "The navy always back up government program and decision," said Chief of Information Department, First Admiral Muhammad Zainuddin on Thursday October 22.
A conservation scientist has described an acrid haze choking parts of South-east Asia as one of the worst ever man-made environmental disasters, saying that it is affecting about 40 million people.
Haze has caused havoc, with schools in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia shut down, flights grounded and events cancelled. Raging forest fires across Indonesia are thought to be responsible for up to half a million cases of respiratory infections, with the resultant haze covering parts of Malaysia and Singapore now being described as a “crime against humanity”.
The National Disaster Management Body (BNPB) has explained that the haze disaster that has seriously affected many parts of Sumatra and Kalimantan, disrupting transportation and causing health problems, has started to spread to Java.
source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/10/24/haze-spreads-java-and-halts-flights-bandung.html
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