The New Straits Times, 7 May 2014
Ten families at Kampung Batu 3 were affected by the flood which occurred after two hours of heavy rain on Monday evening.
A villager, Abdul Razak Mokhtar, 64, said his home was flooded twice since the beginning of the year.
"The drainage system was clogged by soil washed away during the downpour and it only took an hour for the water to rise up to one metre.
"We ended up with mud in our house compound and it took us about half an hour to clean it up," he said.
Semenyih assemblyman Datuk Johan Abdul Aziz, who was at the site, urged the developer to solve the problem.
"The developer should not only think about profit. He must take into account the impact of poor drainage which has adversely affected the villagers.
"The council should not approve a project without studying its development plans. It is urged to monitor closely any development in the municipality," he said.
MPKj Engineering Department assistant engineer Nor Haslinda Tajudin said the developer was fined RM25,000 last August for carrying out infrastructure work without approval from the council.
The developer was only given approval to build its sales gallery and not the earth works at the site, she added.
KAJANG: The Kajang Municipal Council (MPKj) has issued a stop-work order to a developer here for failing to provide a proper drainage system, which is believed to have caused flooding in a nearby village, recently.
The village is located about 20m away from the 180ha site of a mixed development project in Batu 3, Jalan Bangi Lama Semenyih.Ten families at Kampung Batu 3 were affected by the flood which occurred after two hours of heavy rain on Monday evening.
A villager, Abdul Razak Mokhtar, 64, said his home was flooded twice since the beginning of the year.
"The drainage system was clogged by soil washed away during the downpour and it only took an hour for the water to rise up to one metre.
"We ended up with mud in our house compound and it took us about half an hour to clean it up," he said.
Semenyih assemblyman Datuk Johan Abdul Aziz, who was at the site, urged the developer to solve the problem.
"The developer should not only think about profit. He must take into account the impact of poor drainage which has adversely affected the villagers.
"The council should not approve a project without studying its development plans. It is urged to monitor closely any development in the municipality," he said.
MPKj Engineering Department assistant engineer Nor Haslinda Tajudin said the developer was fined RM25,000 last August for carrying out infrastructure work without approval from the council.
The developer was only given approval to build its sales gallery and not the earth works at the site, she added.
The flood at Batu 3, Jalan Bangi Lama Semenyih, is believed to be caused by poor drainage.
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