tankee:

SINGAPORE: National water agency PUB is planning to install 55 CCTVs at flood-prone areas in Singapore - mostly in the central, east and west parts of Singapore.


This is expected to be completed by early December this year.

PUB said the installation of more CCTVs follows the success of its trial project at Bukit Timah, where six were installed, helping the agency to respond more quickly during intense storms or flash floods.

Tan Nguan Sen, Director (Catchment & Waterways) at PUB, elaborated: \"We have to look at the critical locations like major canals and where are the areas of old low-lying areas. So we choose them based on these two main criteria. These are the critical areas...for example, also where there are roads to be affected, then we will implement them in these areas.\" .......

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1163267/1/.html

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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1019504/1/.html


:rotflmao:
50 years again :?

verykiasu2010:

php:

[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]can cctv prevent floods ?


Vivian too free lah

from cctv, when they see that Orchard Road is about to flood, they will provide first-hand information to the managing agents, then all the building tenants will be notified immediately to equip with sandbag barrier....so floods can be prevented from getting into the building....

tankee:

verykiasu2010:

I respect your view but I disagree that the cctv will be able to prevent flood.

For watching, the managing agents will be doing that, they are paid to do so, just like the owners at the Bukit Timah condo did so, to prevent water getting into the buildings.

How about the roads and houses and cars that got flooded ?

So what if Vivian watches it from the comfort of his home that the flood water is rising ? A flood is a still a flood and causes people to lose money and property. He most probably task his underling to do the watching and report to him only when the water breaches a certain level. This are all so passive

Get to the root of the problem and go dig the drain deeper and clear the blockages instead of go digging the Bukit Brown graves unnecessarily (not his area of responsibility though, just in general the government's responsibility to solve all these flooding problems)

I seriously doubt Vivian would be watching those CCTV. He too highly paid to do such tasks and it is not his responsibility to watch the CCTV. :roll:

verykiasu2010:

I respect your view but I disagree that the cctv will be able to prevent flood.

For watching, the managing agents will be doing that, they are paid to do so, just like the owners at the Bukit Timah condo did so, to prevent water getting into the buildings.

How about the roads and houses and cars that got flooded ?

So what if Vivian watches it from the comfort of his home that the flood water is rising ? A flood is a still a flood and causes people to lose money and property. He most probably task his underling to do the watching and report to him only when the water breaches a certain level. This are all so passive

Get to the root of the problem and go dig the drain deeper and clear the blockages instead of go digging the Bukit Brown graves unnecessarily (not his area of responsibility though, just in general the government's responsibility to solve all these flooding problems)

php:

verykiasu2010:

can cctv prevent floods ?


Vivian too free lah

from cctv, when they see that Orchard Road is about to flood, they will provide first-hand information to the managing agents, then all the building tenants will be notified immediately to equip with sandbag barrier....so floods can be prevented from getting into the building....

tankee:

PUB should learn from KL.


KL has a car tunnel that is divided into 3 layers. Normally the top 2 layers are for cars to use. But during heavy downpour, each layer of the tunnel can be progressively used to drain water away from low laying areas to some holding pools some distance away. This is a flood prevention solution.

CCTV only monitors, doesn't drain water.

tankee:

PUB should learn from KL.


KL has a car tunnel that is divided into 3 layers. Normally the top 2 layers are for cars to use. But during heavy downpour, each layer of the tunnel can be progressively used to drain water away from low laying areas to some holding pools some distance away. This is a flood prevention solution.

CCTV only monitors, doesn't drain water.

tankee:

verykiasu2010:

can cctv prevent floods ?


Vivian too free lah

i wonder how much they spend on this \"creative\" solution to prevent flooding :roll:

tankee:

PUB should learn from KL.


KL has a car tunnel that is divided into 3 layers. Normally the top 2 layers are for cars to use. But during heavy downpour, each layer of the tunnel can be progressively used to drain water away from low laying areas to some holding pools some distance away. This is a flood prevention solution.

CCTV only monitors, doesn't drain water.

verykiasu2010:

can cctv prevent floods ?


Vivian too free lah

verykiasu:

y dun they send more NEA staff to check the conditions of the tree

I witness an old tree fallen off n hit a taxi two days ago at Tiong Bahru area
I cannot believe how could a strong n old tree drop off like that guess it
must have been cracking inside for awhile already...

verykiasu2010:

can cctv prevent floods ?


Vivian too free lah

verykiasu2010:

can cctv prevent floods ?


Vivian too free lah