Prevent Rain At Mandalika Circuit, TNI Spreads 3 Tons Of Salt With Casa N212 Pesawat

Casa N212/ Photo: Antara

JAKARTA – As much as 3 tons of salt were sown on the clouds by the Casa N212 Air Force plane. The sowing of sodium chloride (NaCl) on the clouds around Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara, is to prevent rain in the Mandalika Circuit area.

"So before the cloud shifted to the Mandalika Circuit area, the rain had already fallen when it met the salt sown by the Indonesian Air Force Weather Modification Team, that's called rain engineering," said Military Resort Commander (Danrem) 162/Wira Bhakti Brigadier General TNI Ahmad Rizal Ramdhani quoting Between, Saturday 20 November.

Ahmad Rizal said, the salt that was sown was coarse. Meanwhile, the stock needed for the salt sown is obtained from local products.

"We know for ourselves that there is a lot of salt here, especially in Bima, that's a lot," he said

Therefore, said Ahmad Rizal, three tons of salt have been sown since the international racing event was held on Friday, November 19. The move had an impact on the 2021 World Superbike (WSBK) event at the Mandalika Circuit taking place in hot weather conditions without rain.

"Hopefully the weather will continue like this. Comfortable, a bit cold, but still able to carry out racing at the Mandalika Circuit," he said.

Danrem 162/WB was present in the Mandalika Circuit area with the NTB Regional Police Chief (Kapolda) Inspector General Poli Mohammad Iqbal to monitor the security situation as well as the readiness of personnel at the security post.

From the monitoring results, Rizal assured that the situation on the second day of the race at the Mandalika Circuit was running safely and without any disturbances.

"Hopefully a situation like this is safe, comfortable, and can run to completion," he said.