From Disrepair to Despair
A sufficiently large and well-maintained drainage system is the reason why the City of Yogyakarta is free of flooding. In Bandung the creation of reinforced concrete roads has been given a higher priority than building good drains.
November 17, 2010
"IT’S true that Jogjakarta does not experience floods. Most of the drainage inlet holes, as well as the drainage system itself, function well with the result that the water in drains can flow freely,” says Endar Sri Mulwati, Head of Jogjakarta’s Drainage Division. Endar has cause to be proud because no matter how heavy a rainfall Jogjakarta experiences, including the non-stop rains of 2010, water never floods out of Jogjakarta’s undergroun
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