A Japanese housing development company ‘Ichijo Komuten’ has invented a house that floats as the water level rises.
Firefighters transport stranded residents on a boat on a road inundated by heavy rain in western Japan. (File photo: Reuters)
A Japanese housing development company, ‘Ichijo Komuten’ has invented a floating house which the company claims will help solve the problems of flood-affected countries.
The structure of the house is unique because it is waterproof, the company said, adding that as the water level rises, the house appears to float.
In an interview given to an American television channel, the company said, ‘The house looks like a normal house, but when the water started filling all around, the house slowly started leaving the ground and rising up.
The company also demonstrated the floating house to the general public. News18 reported.
Meanwhile, the company said, ‘The house is connected by thick iron rods. It is connected to the ground by thick cables, which drop the house upwards when floods occur and affix it back to the ground as soon as the flood is over. Due to less water, the house touches the ground. Electric items have been installed upwards, so that water does not reach there. The house can float up to a height of 5 metres.”
Japan has long prepared for earthquakes, but it also experiences heavy flooding caused by torrential rains and thunderstorms, causing destruction and loss of life.
On the other hand, Assam has also experienced the most devastating floods this year, in which the death toll due to floods and landslides has now risen to 139. For the first time in the state, on April 6 this year, the disaster had occurred.
Cachar is the most affected district with over 8.62 lakh people, followed by Barpeta where around 5.73 lakh people are affected and more than 5.16 lakh people in Nagaon. Meanwhile, for the ninth consecutive day on Tuesday, thousands of flood-affected victims in Silchar town remained in distress due to acute shortage of drinking water, lack of relief material and lack of power supply. Most parts of the town in southern Assam district are submerged in water from waist to knee.