CRITICAL BRACENT

KEDIRI, 24/11 - BRANTAS KRITIS. A number of trucks do a sand loading dismant that is sucked using mechanical machines in the Brantas River, Gampengrejo, Kediri, East Java, Monday (23/11). The Environment Agency (BLH) East Java declared today the critical Brantas river flooding due to thousands of illegal mechanical sand miners operating in the river along 350 km and have a river flow area (DAS) of 12,000 km2 or covers more 25 percent of Jatim Province area. ANTARA/Arief Priyono/s/hp/09