#flood mitigation

Collection of flood mitigation news, found 71 news.

Jakarta deploys thousands of river troops to clear trash

The Jakarta provincial administration has deployed around five thousand members of the trash task force, including ...

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Green economy takes precedence in push for recovery

With people forced to lock themselves at home to break the chain of COVID-19 spread, pollution has reduced ...

Floods inundate 126 homes in South Solok, West Sumatra

Floods triggered by unremitting torrential rains that led to the Batang Pangian and Batang Geringging rivers to ...

Jakarta budget heavy on flood mitigation efforts

The Jakarta government said it will focus its 2020 revised budget on pushing flood mitigation efforts, such as ...

Green recovery to boost environment-based economic transformation: RI

Green recovery will bolster environment-based global economic transformation, particularly during the COVID-19 ...

Flash flood submerges 96 homes in Cipanas, Lebak

Flash flood inundated 96 homes in Cipanas Sub-district, Lebak District, Banten Province, as the Coberang and Cimanteung ...

Flash flood wrecks hundreds of houses in Bandar Lampung

A flash flood claimed one life and destroyed hundreds of houses in the Lampung provincial capital of ...

East Jakarta's Kebon Pala inundated after Ciliwung River overflows

Floodwaters inundated houses in Kebon Pala, Kampung Melayu, East Jakarta, as torrential rains lashed several parts of ...

Relief aid dispatched to Karawang and Subang flood victims

The West Java provincial social affairs office has sent relief aid to flood-affected areas in the districts of ...

BNPB urges people to prepare for flood mitigation

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) urged people to prepare for mitigation of possible floods triggered by ...

BNPB stations troops to handle floods in Jabodetabek

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) deployed troops to tackle floods hitting Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, ...

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Fate of Jakarta's giant sea embankment as a flood barrier

A placard on the artificial island, Neeltje-Jans, the Netherlands, reads: "Hier gaan over het tij, de wind, de ...

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News Focus -- East Java accelerates flood mitigation efforts

Indonesia is currently transitioning from rainy to the dry season that usually begins in April or May. However, high ...

News focus - Government needs to ensure enough rice stocks by Andi Abdussalam

The government needs to take anticipatory steps in case of a possible scarcity of rice stocks ahead of the Christmas ...

Maluku promotes development cooperation in Netherlands

A group of delegates from Maluku held a business forum at the Indonesian Embassy in The Hague, the Netherlands, on ...