Indonesia's government has launched a technology used to produce artificial rain in a bid to tackle forest fires across the country.

An aircraft will drop 20 tons of sodium chloride in order to form a cloud to create artificial rain. The operation is being carried out to prevent forest fires in the Riau Province.

This footage was filmed on March 11.

The government has launched a weather modification technology (WMT) program to create artificial rain in Riau in an attempt to prevent forest fires with the region entering dry season.

An Air Force Cassa A-2108 aircraft will be dropped 20 tons of NaCl salt to conduct cloud seeding to create artificial rain, the process for which will begin at Roesmin Nurjadin Airbase on Maret 11, 2020, Pekanbaru,Riau Province Indonesia. The operation is carried out to prevent forest fires in Riau Province. According to our data, the number of hot spots usually increases in march and will reach its peak in between August and September.