More than 10,000 Jambi

residents suffer respiratory

infections
thejakartapost.com, Jakarta | Archipelago | Sat, September 26 2015, 7:01 PM

More than 10,000 people in the city of Jambi have been suffering from acute respiratory infections (ISPA)
due to haze from land and forest fires.

“Jambi Mayor Syarif Fasya has called on the health officers to work extra hard by visiting the residents
instead of waiting for them to come to the health centers,” said Jambi provincial administration
spokesperson Abubakar as quoted by tempo.co on Saturday.
In addition to thick smoke, Jambi city is also blanketed with leftover ashes from the burned forest and
land with the Air Pollution Standard Index (ISPU) reaching the level of 525 parts per million (ppm).

“Jambi residents should have been evacuated since the ISPU is already highly hazardous for their health,”
said Jambi Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) head Arif Munandar.

According to Arif, over the past three days, hot spots were not detected in the province. The smog that
blanketed the city allegedly came from South Sumatra.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Jambi spokesperson, Dwi Atmoko, said
that rain was predicted to fall in the province from around mid-October until mid-November.

“Jambi’s visibility over the last three days was only 100 to 400 meters,” said Dwi.

Jambi Police are currently investigating 15 plantation firms and have named 28 people suspects for
allegedly being involved in land-burning cases. (kes)(++++)

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Lebih dari 10.000 Jambi

warga menderita pernafasan

infeksi

Lebih dari 10.000 orang di kota Jambi telah menderita infeksi saluran pernapasan akut (ISPA) akibat
kabut dari kebakaran lahan dan hutan.

"Walikota Jambi Syarif Fasya telah meminta petugas kesehatan untuk bekerja ekstra keras dengan
mengunjungi warga bukannya menunggu mereka untuk datang ke puskesmas," kata juru bicara
pemerintah provinsi Jambi Abubakar seperti dikutip tempo.co, Sabtu.
Selain asap tebal, kota Jambi juga diselimuti dengan abu sisa dari hutan terbakar dan lahan dengan
Polusi Udara Indeks Standard (ISPU) mencapai tingkat 525 bagian per juta (ppm).

"Warga Jambi harus telah dievakuasi sejak ISPU sudah sangat berbahaya bagi kesehatan mereka," kata
Jambi Bencana Badan Penanggulangan (BPBD) kepala Arif Munandar.

Menurut Arif, selama tiga hari terakhir, hot spot yang tidak terdeteksi di provinsi ini. Kabut asap yang
menyelimuti kota diduga berasal dari Sumatera Selatan.

Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika juru bicara (BMKG) Jambi, Dwi Atmoko, mengatakan
bahwa hujan diperkirakan jatuh di provinsi ini dari sekitar pertengahan Oktober sampai pertengahan
November.

"Visibilitas Jambi selama tiga hari terakhir hanya 100-400 meter," kata Dwi.

Polisi Jambi sedang menyelidiki 15 perusahaan perkebunan dan telah diberi nama 28 orang tersangka
karena diduga terlibat dalam kasus tanah-pembakaran. (kes) (++++)