Do
buildings require antidote…?
Twenty years ago, if you were a
flood authority and the responsibility of building a dam on the river has been
given to you then as an engineer you must have thought of having a
concrete and steel flood barrage which sits there quietly until there is a
flood. You are asked by any engineer to design a solution to town centre
flooding, they would most probably design the solution as you thought. But as
we know building any structure at any place is a long time process. There are
many factors in the environment which affect the construction in many ways. Not
only does this take a long time to plan and design and build but also this is
expensive. This solution does not always work when the flood happens! So, is
there any other alternative for such a problem…?
