Jakarta Sinking
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NASA Posts Before And After Pics Of New City Emerging In Forest
- Tuesday February 27, 2024
- World News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
More than 30 million people live in existing capital Jakarta that suffers from frequent flooding, air pollution, a shortage of drinking water, and traffic.
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Indonesia Building New Capital As Jakarta Sinks Into Sea: 10 Facts
- Wednesday August 28, 2019
- World News | Edited by Richa Taneja
Megacity Jakarta is sinking at an alarming rate. Home to more than 1 crore people, the Indonesian capital sits on a swampy land with parts of it sinking by as much as 25 cm every year. If the current rate of sinking continues, one third of Jakarta could be submerged by 2050, suggest reports. For this reason, Indonesia plans to shift its capital bas...
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Indonesia To Resume Work On 'Giant Sea Wall' To Save Sinking Jakarta
- Wednesday September 14, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Indonesia will resume land reclamation that will help prevent Jakarta from sinking below sea level, a cabinet minister said, five months after work was suspended due to regulatory and environmental concerns.
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'Great Wall of Jakarta' Plan to Combat Floods
- Wednesday October 15, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Jakarta has launched a multi-billion-dollar scheme to build a huge sea wall to combat flooding as the Indonesian capital sinks, but there is scepticism about its chances of success in a country with a history of corruption and failed mega-projects.
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Australia says two die in boat sinking off Indonesia
- Tuesday December 10, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
At least two people died when an asylum-seeker boat sank off the Indonesian island of Java and 30 people were rescued, Australia's Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said Tuesday.
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22 dead, scores missing as asylum boat sinks off Indonesia
- Friday September 27, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
At least 22 people, mostly children, drowned and scores are missing after an Australia-bound boat carrying Middle Eastern asylum-seekers sank off Indonesia Friday in rough seas, police said.
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Boat sinks in Indonesia; one dead, dozens missing
- Thursday April 18, 2013
- World News | Associated Press
Rescuers battled strong currents and murky water on Thursday while searching for dozens of missing workers feared dead after a boat capsized during a river crossing in central Indonesia, killing at least one person.
- www.ndtv.com
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NASA Posts Before And After Pics Of New City Emerging In Forest
- Tuesday February 27, 2024
- World News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
More than 30 million people live in existing capital Jakarta that suffers from frequent flooding, air pollution, a shortage of drinking water, and traffic.
- www.ndtv.com
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Indonesia Building New Capital As Jakarta Sinks Into Sea: 10 Facts
- Wednesday August 28, 2019
- World News | Edited by Richa Taneja
Megacity Jakarta is sinking at an alarming rate. Home to more than 1 crore people, the Indonesian capital sits on a swampy land with parts of it sinking by as much as 25 cm every year. If the current rate of sinking continues, one third of Jakarta could be submerged by 2050, suggest reports. For this reason, Indonesia plans to shift its capital bas...
- www.ndtv.com
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Indonesia To Resume Work On 'Giant Sea Wall' To Save Sinking Jakarta
- Wednesday September 14, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Indonesia will resume land reclamation that will help prevent Jakarta from sinking below sea level, a cabinet minister said, five months after work was suspended due to regulatory and environmental concerns.
- www.ndtv.com
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'Great Wall of Jakarta' Plan to Combat Floods
- Wednesday October 15, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Jakarta has launched a multi-billion-dollar scheme to build a huge sea wall to combat flooding as the Indonesian capital sinks, but there is scepticism about its chances of success in a country with a history of corruption and failed mega-projects.
- www.ndtv.com
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Australia says two die in boat sinking off Indonesia
- Tuesday December 10, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
At least two people died when an asylum-seeker boat sank off the Indonesian island of Java and 30 people were rescued, Australia's Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said Tuesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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22 dead, scores missing as asylum boat sinks off Indonesia
- Friday September 27, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
At least 22 people, mostly children, drowned and scores are missing after an Australia-bound boat carrying Middle Eastern asylum-seekers sank off Indonesia Friday in rough seas, police said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Boat sinks in Indonesia; one dead, dozens missing
- Thursday April 18, 2013
- World News | Associated Press
Rescuers battled strong currents and murky water on Thursday while searching for dozens of missing workers feared dead after a boat capsized during a river crossing in central Indonesia, killing at least one person.
- www.ndtv.com