THE review of the 1998 Watershed Management and Flood Control of the Nadi River has been finalised, says Minister for National Disaster Management Inia Seruiratu.

He said the report would soon be tabled before Cabinet and then in Parliament.

“River diversion was one of recommendations that was earlier given in the report done by JICA (Japanese International Corporation Agency) in the late 1990s and that report that been reviewed,” Mr Seruiratu said.

“I just viewed the review yesterday and the river diversion is again an option being recommended.”

He said Nadi had always been one of the areas most affected by extreme weather systems.

In January this year, the Joint Co-ordination Committee (JCC) held a meeting facilitated by the Ministry of Agriculture with stakeholders.

The meeting unanimously agreed that the Nadi River Improvement option be selected as the priority project for the river.