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Crumbling seawall heightens worries over flood threat to Indonesian capital

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By Stanley Widianto

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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.

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Jakarta is slowly sinking due to an over-extraction of ground water causing subsidence, with rising sea levels making the threat of flooding even worse and pushing the city to come up with elaborate programs to protect residents.

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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.

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The collapsed section is part of the first of three phases under the National Capital Integrated Coastal Development, which has come in for criticism from environmentalists concerned over the impact on the bay and for not fully addressing land subsidence.

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