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Governor urges residents of Pluit reservoir to relocate

Jakarta`s Governor, Joko Widodo (Jokowi), has urged people living along the bank of the Pluit Reservoir to relocate. ...

Deep tunnel no solution for Jakarta floods

Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo`s plan to build a deep tunnel will not serve as a solution to the floods that hit the ...

Jakarta governor instructs relocation of settlers on river banks

Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed all village and subdistrict heads to relocate settlers from river ...

A lesson from current flooding of Jakarta

Last week`s devastation of Jakarta by floods has rendered the capital city heavy casualties and losses in material. ...

Jakarta plans concrete actions to solve problem of floods

The central government and the Jakarta administration have come up with a number of concrete steps to solve the ...

EnGlobe Corp. chosen for the project of decontamination of the Kishon River in Israel

- EnGlobe Corp. ("EnGlobe") is pleased to announce that it has been awarded by the State of Israel an environmental ...

Govt to divert ciliwung river flow to control flood

The government plans to build a waterway to divert excess Ciliwung river flow to the East Flood Control Canal(KBT) to ...

Six steps to solve problem of floods in Jakarta: Jokowi

The Governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo, also known as Jokowi, has come up with six steps to solve the problem of floods ...

Governor explains flood solution plans to parliament

Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo (Jokowi) explained his flood solution plans to the leadership of the People`s ...

Government dismisses idea of moving capital city

The government indicates it is not in favor of moving the capital city from Jakarta saying it opts for seeking to ...

Floods kill three in Bekasi

The floods that hit Bekasi district, West Java province, on January 18-19 have killed three people, according to a ...

President calls on all sides to remain on flood alert

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on all elements to remain alert against floods because rainfall was expected ...

President holds flood control meeting

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono led a limited cabinet meeting on Sunday to decide a national policy to prevent a ...

Jakarta, there`s more rain coming

The people of Jakarta have become familiar with the so-called five-year flood cycle, but who would have thought that ...

Number of dead victims of Jakarta flooding rises to 14

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said the number of dead victims of the Jakarta floods had up to ...