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Tuesday November 15, 2011

RM1.8mil for drainage study

By WINNIE YEOH
winnie@thestar.com.my

PENANG will allocate RM1.8mil for a study of an integrated drainage system in the southwest district.

State Agriculture, Agro-based In-dustries, Rural Development and Flood Mitigation Committee chairman Law Choo Kiang said the study would also include design plans for the proposed upgrading of the system.

�The study is expected to be completed by February next year and it will be the blueprint for the drainage system in the area. The Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) has called for an open tender for the project and the consultant is expected to be selected by this week,� he said after inspecting Sungai Keluang in Bayan Lepas yesterday.
River inspection: Law (in white) and Abdul Rani inspecting Sungai Keluang in Bayan Lepas.

He said there were valid reasons to conduct the study, as some parts of the area suffered from frequent flooding.

�This area also has many factories and we want to prevent floods from recurring,� he said.

Law also said that the state government would allocate RM16mil next year for the maintenance, upgrading and for other remedial works to be carried out at the rivers and drainage systems in the state.

�This is an increase of RM4.5mil from this year�s allocation,� he said.

He added that all related authorities were instructed to monitor the river water levels since it is the rainy season now.

The Meteorological Department has forecasted an increase of 20% in the annual rainfall for Penang this year.

�So far we have not seen any serious flooding this year and we are keeping our fingers crossed that none will happen,� he said.

Desilting and dredging work at Sungai Keluang started yesterday and DID southwest district engineer Abdul Rani Zainon said the project was expected to take eight weeks to complete at a cost of RM60,000.

�We�ll desilt the river by 1m in depth. Last year, we have dredged the first half of the river, about 1km of it while the rest of the river, some 950m in length will be completed in this project,� he said.

For information regarding rivers and drainage issues, call the Penang Municipal Council�s hotlines at 04-2637637 or 04-2637000 or the Public Works Department (southwest district) at 04-8669040, or DID at 1300-80-1010.