Johor seeking flight regulators' permission to conduct cloud seeding

JOHOR BARU: Johor submitted a formal letter to the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) on Sunday to seek permission to conduct cloud-seeding operations.

State Public Works, Rural and Regional Development committee chairman Datuk Hasni Mohammad said the DCA would then forward the letter to the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS).

He said it would normally take at least two weeks for the CAAS to respond to the request.

"The water level at the Sungai Lebam is dropping day by day, so we hope Singapore will speed up the approval, " said Hasni.

He said this in a press conference after attending the Hari Raya open house celebration organised by Johor Petroleum Development Corporation on Monday.

Hasni said if no cloud-seeding operations were to take place within the next two weeks, SAJ Holdings Sdn Bud would have to start scheduling water supply.