SUNGAI BULOH, Nov 3 —Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has ordered work on the Sungai Buloh and Sungai Damansara flood mitigation projects to be expedited following repeated flooding in the area.
He said the two projects, costing nearly RM700 million and already approved by the federal government, must proceed without delay to minimise the risk of further flooding.
"Our priority is to speed things up. I have instructed that work such as river dredging, for which contracts have already been awarded, be expedited.
"What concerns me is that this area has been flooded two or three times. We need to widen the rivers, build additional retention ponds and carry out comprehensive flood mitigation measures," he told reporters after visiting the flood relief centre at the Siantan hall in Kampung Melayu Subang here today.
Anwar said he would obtain a progress report on the federal government's flood mitigation projects this Friday, while Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari is expected to present an update on state-level projects at the State Executive Council meeting on the same day. — Bernama
