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 Hello listener wherever you are, welcome back to Listeners’ Mailbag, a weekly segment in which your letters and emails are acknowledged. We  would like to thank you our dear listeners wherever you are who have sent your letters or emails containing reception reports on our broadcast. Now let’s start answering your letters or emails. First, I would like to read an email sent by José Socorro Soeiro Maranhão in Brazil. He was listening to our broadcast in French program through frequency of 9525 KHz on March 9, 2017 at 20:44 – 21:00 UTC. And the SINPO was 25332. Hello Mr. José Socorro Soeiro Maranhão, thank you for always monitoring our broadcast. Although our broadcast signal is weak in your country, we are really glad because your reception report is quite detail and clear.

Well Mr. José Socorro Soeiro Maranhão, we are looking forward to receiving your next email and also your reception report of our broadcast. 

We will reply an email from Pranab Kumar Ray in India. He listened to a radio program in Russian language through frequency of 9526 KHz at 18.10-18.30 on 20 February 2017 with SIO 454. Hello Mr. Pranab Kumar Roy, thank you for your email on our broadcast. For your information, our radio does not broadcast in Russian language. We broadcast in 7 foreign languages, namely English, Mandarin, Japanese, Arab, Spanish, German, and French as well as Indonesian language through frequency of 9525 KHz every day. You can also tune in our radio trhough our website www.voi.co.id. Nowadays, in collaboration with Indonesian Ministry of Tourism, RRI World Service -Voice of Indonesia presents the Wonderful Quiz 2017 for listeners in Australia, Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India, and New Zealand. So, what are you waiting for? Send your answers as soon as possible. Who knows, you are one of the lucky winners for the quiz. Keep listening our broadcast every day and please send your recpetion report.

You are still listening to Listeners’ mailbag broadcast every Sunday. Now, we continue to reply a comment from Hayato Furukawa in Japan. He listened to our broadcast in English program on 15 March 2017 at 6:48ー8:00 (JST) with SINPO 55555. In his email, Mr. Hayato Furukawa said that this is his first English report in this year. And if this report is correct, he asked to send him our QSL Card. Hello Mr. Hayato Furukawa, thank you very much for your attention and appreciation on our broadcast. We are really surprised because our signal in your country is very strong. It means you can monitor our radio very clear. As your request, we will send our QSL Card to your home immediately. Please be patient to wait for it. And we will wait for your participation on our international quiz 2017. Get the prize to visit Indonesia for free. Please send your answer, who knows you are the lucky winner. Well Mr. Hayato Furukawa, keeps listening to our broadcast and please send your reception report on our broadcast. Thank you.

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Dry season hits Indonesia again. The effects of climate change have made the cycles of seasons changing globally, including in Indonesia. The current dry season in Indonesia is increasingly widespread and its effects have made a lot of agricultural land damaged by lack of water and caused land and forest fires. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency –BNPB noted that 2,726 villages / districts in 105 districts / cities in Java and Nusa Tenggara are experiencing drought. In addition, fire spots from forest and land fires can be monitored in Sumatra, Kalimantan, East Nusa Tenggara and Java.

In a meeting with cabinet ministers related to the drought taking place at the Presidential Palace IN Jakarta  on Tuesday (12 September), President Joko Widodo confirmed that the drought that hits Indonesia is not as bad as in 2015. At that time, it was directed by El Nino. The President also ordered ministers and institutions and governors to go to the field to see the current conditions and to take preventive steps immediately. One of the solutions mentioned by President Joko Widodo is related to water supply for drought-affected communities. Over the last two years, the government has built a number of reservoirs and dams to anticipate the disaster.

Meanwhile, Minister of Public Works and People's Housing, Basuki Hadipurnomo said that due to the current dry season, 57 reservoirs have water supply below normal and 6 reservoirs have dried up. While from 16 primary reservoirs, 10 of them are still normal and the 6 ones are below capacity. For clean water, Ministry of Public Works and People's Housing, in some areas have prepared clean water supply to drought-stricken residents.

Minister of Agriculture, Amran Sulaiman said that to face the dry season this year, his ministry guarantees food supply unaffected by drought because, the area of crops, especially rice has reached 4.6 hectares, while the irrigation area also rises 7.4 million hectares to ensure water supply for agricultural land.

Meanwhile, Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya said that about 30 thousand hectares of forest and land in a number of areas in Indonesia is on fire and the most widespread spot of fire is in East Nusa Tenggara –NTT and Riau. She also stated that a number of areas have anticipated the preparation of 26 bombing planes to overcome land and forest fires.

Drought and forest fires are a crucial problem during dry season in Indonesia. Thus, anticipatory steps are needed. Planning with the construction of a number of reservoirs has been prepared by the government these days. In addition, the government is also expected to provide direction to farmers related to climate change that occurs today. Coordination and cooperation of the Meteorological and Geophysical Climatology Agency, the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Disaster Mitigation Agency –BNPB are urgently needed to anticipate climate change which in turn makes changes to the cropping pattern of the farmers and the types of plants to be planted. Positive directives from stakeholders in anticipation should be faster and effective so that the effects of drought can be reduced.

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