LAST month's heavy rainfall has caused most of Bandung to be seriously underwater. It is the worst flooding in the West Java capital for a decade. Jalan Pasteur, the main access road to Bandung from Jakarta and the north coast, was completely unusable when the Citepus River overflowed onto the thoroughfare.

Pasteur is only one of 20 locations in the city hit by heavy flooding since October as a result of at least two hydrological process failures.