A giant sea wall in Jakarta to prevent sea water from flowing into land and causing floods (Photo: AP)Hanoi (VNA) – Indonesian PresidentJoko Widodo has said that there is an urgent need to build a giant sea wallaround Jakarta to prevent the coastal capital from sinking.
In a recent interview, he said this hugeproject will need to be done quickly to prevent Jakarta from sinking under thesea.
It is time to move ahead with the sea wall,a project the government first began to consider a decade ago, he said.
Oceans are rising around the world as aresult of climate change and global warming, causing dangerous flooding incoastal areas. Jakarta is one of the world's fastest sinking cities.
The Associate Press reported that over-extractionof groundwater for drinking and commercial use is the main cause of its rapidsubsidence, while the weight of high-rise buildings erected in recent yearsexacerbated the problem.
Jakarta is prone to flooding, especiallyduring the monsoon season. It suffered from a catastrophic flood in early 2007,with around 80 people killed and half a million people displaced.
Models of experts at the Bandung Instituteof Technology showed that about 95 percent of North Jakarta will be submergedby 2050, said Heri Andreas, head of the institute.-VNA
In a recent interview, he said this hugeproject will need to be done quickly to prevent Jakarta from sinking under thesea.
It is time to move ahead with the sea wall,a project the government first began to consider a decade ago, he said.
Oceans are rising around the world as aresult of climate change and global warming, causing dangerous flooding incoastal areas. Jakarta is one of the world's fastest sinking cities.
The Associate Press reported that over-extractionof groundwater for drinking and commercial use is the main cause of its rapidsubsidence, while the weight of high-rise buildings erected in recent yearsexacerbated the problem.
Jakarta is prone to flooding, especiallyduring the monsoon season. It suffered from a catastrophic flood in early 2007,with around 80 people killed and half a million people displaced.
Models of experts at the Bandung Instituteof Technology showed that about 95 percent of North Jakarta will be submergedby 2050, said Heri Andreas, head of the institute.-VNA
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