The Selangor state government and the federal government, through the federal territories department, have agreed on five-action plan aimed at reducing flood incidents affecting residents in the Klang Valley.
This was revealed in a joint statement issued by federal territories minister Hannah Yeoh and Selangor menteri besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari, with the measures decided upon said to encompass land management, reservoir capacity, green spaces, sustainable urban development and water flow.
As part of the plan, both sides will hold a technical meeting within two weeks to identify the scope and where projects should be carried out, the costs of these projects and source of funding as well as how they will be implemented.
Preliminary details from this meeting will be prepared before the next parliamentary sitting and the tabling of the 2027 Budget. Following this, periodic meetings will be held to monitor the progress and completion of projects.
The two administrations also want a study to be carried out on the Batu Dam and Klang Gates Dam to determine if there is enough capacity to handle the region’s water management needs for the next 20 to 30 years.
Meanwhile, relevant technical agencies will look upstream, including in Selangor, suitable sites to build new flood retention ponds serving to hold back excess water. On a related note, the Selangor department of irrigation and drainage (JPS) will has identified three existing ponds in need to a capacity upgrade.
These are ponds in Kampung Laksamana, Sungai Ketas and Bukit Lagong, the last of which poses a little complication as it sits within a forest reserve and would have to be degazetted if the land is used for the proposed flood-retention expansion.
Another measure listed in the plan is to coordinate river dredging and sediment removal works across Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. The KL JPS is also tasked to find a 30-acre site in Selangor to dispose of dredged material, taking into account technical and land requirements as well as how the sediment will be managed and its potential impact on the environment.
Vote BN and we will go back to open subsidy for alp rakyat Malaysia without having to sell our data. Inflation will also go bavk to normal instead of today historical highs and still going up under Pakatan rule.Kick Pakatan out and things will go back to normal.I repeat Kick Pakatan out and things will go back to normal!
Vote BN and we will have another 2mdb , also jho low will be pardoned.
Not to mention TH 2.0, Felda 3.0 etc
PM Najib is the only PM ever to be convicted of corruption
Normal? What is that? Has it been “normal” in Malaysia since 1981?
we must vote for PAS for a better Malaysia, bismillah
Don’t want to pass this to cronies Mangkuk company who before last election just straight away given to them?
what happened to jabatan kerja raya ? does the engineering department have a say on road design and doing a review of road works design ? Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran alone can’t solve the problem. JKR must be involved and a study of the are geological topology matters. Because our roads now becomes a river during rain.
in my area, where we have steep downhill slopes, the road becomes a river instantly and flood where it meet the main road which is almost a flat plain. There is a river running downhill along the road and it barely fills up or overflow because it is going downhill. why not divert the rainwater on the road into the river in this case ? all the rainwater that goes into the drain ends up overflowing at the main junction until the manhole pops up !! what a way to handle rain water. i hope mbpp will come and see themselves the actual condition of the road or rather topology of this area then to design the water flow..