The number of hotspots in Riau Islands decreased after smoke disaster relief operations intensified over the weekend , said National Disaster Management Agency ( BNPB ) .
The operation was carried out Integrated Disaster Management Task Force Smoke from land and air .
Head of Data and Information BNPB , Sutopo Purwo Nugroho , in a written statement saying that based on NOAA satellite observations in the Riau region there is one point that is a hotspot in Rupat Bengkalis .
Monitoring the Meteorology , Climatology and Geophysics Agency satellite states Terra / Aqua ( MODIS ) shows that there are 18 hotspots Meranti 1 , Bengkalis 3 , Inhil 8 , Inhu 2 , Pelalawan 2 , and Siak 2 .
Until Sunday ( 30 / 03 ) , the haze still covers several areas that affect air quality and visibility is limited to just one to five kilometers.
Burned land with a total area of 20 814 ha have been extinguished by the Task Force of the terrestrial military , while Mangala Agni has been putting out 2,895 ha .
Based on data as of March 30, 2014 , the police had received 62 reports of fires and assign 104 people and one corporation .
Six people are still fugitives who ran out of Riau .
A task force of law enforcement and Riau regional police arrest 71 suspects linked to fires in Riau , 27 of whom were arrested in Bengkalis .
" They are the people in Bengkalis structure , village officials , the owner of the capital , tribal chairman Sakai then farmer groups , and corporations , " said Police Chief Adjunct Commissioner Bengkalis Andry Wibowo told BBC Indonesian Washarti Rizki .
The suspects , he added , has a role according to their expertise , as farmers clearing land or corporation that provides capital to pay someone to burn the land .
Special capital owners include individuals who have money , company , farmer groups and corporations .
" The main motive is the economy , good for families and companies , " said Andry involved in the task force .
Andry also said they have arrested one person in charge of the corporation and the other corporation is still in DPO .
Meanwhile , Head of Data Information and Public Relations Sutopo BNPB stated conditions in Riau province until Thursday afternoon ( 20 / 03 ) bright and people can move smoothly .
"So if we compare before and during the president's father in Riau , the progress made by the Task Force 's Integrated Operations are numerous and significant , " said Sutopo .BBC
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