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Jakarta allocates rp1.12 trillion to tackle flood problem

Jakarta has allocated Rp1.12 trillion to tackle flood problem this year. "We will focus on tackling flood problem ...

Flood hits 21 hamlets in North Sumatra

A flood hit 21 hamlets in North Sumatra`s Serdang Bedagai district on Wednesday due to the overflowing of Padang and ...

Perumnas ready to assist Jokowi in developing flat houses

State-owned housing company Perumnas said it was ready to help Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in the ...

Disaster agency to conduct weather modification for two months

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has stated it will carry out a weather modification project worth Rp13 ...

Disaster mitigation agency strengthens command posts

The Jakarta Provincial Disaster Mitigation Board (BPBD) is strengthening a number of command posts and early warning ...

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 ...

Thousands of Jakartans still displaced by flood

National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) head of data, information and public relations Sutopo Purwo Nugroho has ...

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 ...

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 ...