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In reply to civic chief statement, the Dutch say: we overcame '53 floods, can advise how to tackle elements [1]

Mumbai, July 2 A day after Municipal Commissioner Jairaj Phatak cited to Mumbaiites the example of the people of The Netherlands who "have learns to live with floods', diplomats from the The Netherlands pointed out tersely that the Dutch had overcome the devastating floods of 1953 and could quite easily offer Mumbai's administrators some advice on how to tackle the elements.

Publication Date: 
03/07/2008
Indian Express (Mumbai) [2]
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Floods [3], Flood Control [4], Natural Gas [5], Netherlands [6], Maharashtra [7], Mumbai [8]

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