TOKYO: The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has introduced new water treatment measures on September 12, to efficiently deal with the natural calamities like typhoons or squalls to keep the city safe.
Eika Saionji, Bureau of Construction, Tokyo government said, “The most important mission of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, is safety of citizens. Bureau of construction develops a preparation of infrastructure. For example, levee protection, a pond to control the water level, tide embankment, Watergate and so on. To realise appropriate evacuation, Tokyo metropolitan government provides flood and rain information by Tokyo metropolitan government water disaster prevention general system.”
To keep a check on water level, cameras are set at 47 points near the river to observe the water level situation round the clock. Also the government has made information collected using water gauge and rain gauge for its citizens.
When the water level reaches the alarming level, the information is automatically dispatched to water disaster prevention room and then the government’s water disaster prevention general information system provide the data to both the citizens and foreign tourists on internet in various foreign languages.
Real time videos for citizens are also made available to be checked by anyone on their smart phones and PCs.
A government official said, “At the time of big typhoon and local downpour, the quick evacuation is important to prevent urban floor disaster. Information systems to warn dangerous situation of raining and flooding of river to the citizen on the internet by the real-time process may be considered for Asian people who are suffered by strong raining and water disaster.”