The river has overflowed its banks sending water to inundate a big part of the city following incessant rain in the past three weeks.Tangerang, Banten (ANTARA News) - Dredging of the Cisadane river in the city and regency of Tangerang , Banten, would start in 2015, a city official said.
Tangerang Mayor Arief R Wismansyah said before work starts in 2015 the city authorities would first seek to relocate the people mainly squatters from the river banks.
The project to cost around Rp1.9 trillion will take around 4 years from 2015 to 2018, Arief said here on Wednesday.
Dredging will take place over 21 kilometer part of the river in the regency of Tangerang to prevent a repeate of the devastating flooding of the city.
The river has overflowed its banks sending water to inundate a big part of the city following incessant rain in the past three weeks.
A number of housing complexes in the regency of Tangerang have been inundated by flood waters paralyzing traffic in the city.
The public works ministry has agreed to handle the dredging of the river which also sent part of its waters to bordering city of Jakarta .
(Uu.H-ASG/F001)
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