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'An ever-growing population, densely populated residential areas, rapid infrastructural development, a diminishing number of green areas and catchments, plus six months of near-constant rain -- you have a recipe for flood disasters which literally paralyse the city,' the World Bank said in a statement. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Jakarta is one of Asia's more densely populated cities, but experts say it has one of the least developed piped water networks, pushing many residents as well as mushrooming megamalls and skyscrapers to increasingly suck out groundwater. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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