When part of a seawall protecting Jakarta collapsed last week near fisherman Awi...
JAKARTA - When part of a seawall protecting Jakarta collapsed last week near fisherman Awing Takalar’s shack it brought back bad memories of when another levee burst in 2007 and all his belongings were washed away.
Jarot Widyoko, director of rivers and coasts at Indonesia’s public works and public housing ministry, said an investigation was underway into why a 170-metre stretch of the 2.3 km wall near Muara Baru was damaged. It was only built in the last few years. In 2014, the government announced a plan to build a giant seawall along the coast as part of a $40 billion project to protect the city until 2030.
Heri Andreas, an expert on land subsidence at the Bandung Institute of Technology, said land in Muara Baru was sinking at a rate of 12 cm per year, one of the fastest in Jakarta.
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