Jakarta, Oct. 16 -- Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni said efforts to extinguish forest and land fires in Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, are focusing on three main tasks, namely firefighting, opening road access, and building bore wells.

"Handling in the field is currently focused on three main tasks, namely firefighting, opening road access, and building bore wells to support water availability," Antoni said in a statement here on Friday.

To accelerate the response, the team has been divided into three groups: a road-clearing team, a bore well construction team, and a firefighting team. Antoni said the division of tasks was intended to speed up operations while ensuring that personnel had access routes and adequate ...