To anticipate flood in Jelambar, Grogolpetamburan, West Jakarta plans to build a five-hectare reservoir in Jelambar in 2011. The reservoir is projected to overcome flood in Jelambar area, such as Jelambarbaru and Wijayakusuma Urban Villages, two densely populated areas vulnerable to being submerged. “We have budgeted the project of reservoir in Jelambar,” said Heryanto, Head [...]
FARGO, N.D. — The Red River Valley’s battle with major flooding for the second straight year has intensified the push for a solution that doesn’t rely on thousands of volunteers and millions of sandbags.Local governments say the best option is a massive 36-mile-long channel but the project’s $1.3 billion… Source:theeagle,March 23,2010;
The Centre has finally admitted that excessive siltation of Brahmaputra and Barak rivers was primarily reasons responsible for recurring floods in Assam… Source: The Assam Tribune, March 11, 2010;
The minister of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), Javier Flores Galarza, along with the minister of the Presidency, Rodrigo Arias Sánchez, visited the regions of Ortega and Bolsón of Santa Cruz, Guanacaste,in order to observe the lower bank of the Tempisque river… Source:insidecostarica,March 7,2010;
Two years of work on bolstering flood defences on the East Frisian island of Baltrum have ended with German authorities saying the €9m project has now closed the last gap in the North Sea island’s coastal protection network… Source: Maritime Journal, March 4, 2010
“The river has become silted up. The first thing is to start dredging the river to get better flows.”… Source: New Civil Engineer, January 19, 2010
