Monday, December 15, 2014

RM5.5 Million To Overcome Floods In Kajang, Project Starts Immediately


Selangorkini, Saturday, 13 December 2014



KAJANG - The flood problem that occurs frequently in Kajang is expected to be solved following the Selangor government’s decision to approve the RM5.5 million allocation today. 

The decision was made after the Menteri Besar, Mohamed Azmin Ali, inspected for himself one of the locations that flood often occurs at; the Kajang Market.

“We want to look at the location site that causes a part of the flooding problem in Kajang, together with the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) and after listening to the briefing given, we have decided to agree to accept the proposal by the DID to upgrade the river in the area.

“It involves a cost of RM5.5 million and I have told the State Government Secretary to approve the allocation requested by the DID.

“The tender will start immediately because we want the work to commence early in 2015, which is only a few weeks away,” said Azmin after he visited the site.

He expects the upgrading work to begin as early as March 2015, as soon as the tender process is completed.

Azmin added that the upgrading involves widening the river from eight to 12 metres after several stalls built on the river reserve land is moved to a state government reserve land.

Azmin said that meanwhile, the improvement works have also started by building a retaining wall in front of the Kajang Market and to deepen the river to reduce the impact of natural disasters

- Selangorkini

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