Garbage in Cidurian River

Garbage in Cidurian River

From Suara Karya

In the 1980s the Cidurian River in Bandung, West Java, often overflowed and flooded houses when heavy rains fell. This was caused by, among other things, the fact that the riverbed was not deep enough to hold the extra rain water and garbage piled up in the river so as to hinder the water flow.

Then in the 1990s the river was dredged and widened. The situation improved much and no floods happened during the rainy season. I hope that the people who live near the river do not throw their garbage into the river and therefore avoid flooding in the future.

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