SHAH ALAM: Projek mitigasi banjir di bawah inisiatif Gerbang Maritim Selangor (SMG) berjaya menambah kapasiti air Sungai Klang sebanyak 18 peratus membabitkan 31 kilometer (km) jajaran aliran air bermula dari muara sungai hingga sempadan Petaling Jaya–Kuala Lumpur.

Pengarah Urusan Landasan Lumayan Sdn Bhd (LLSB) Syaiful Azmen Nordin berkata jarak itu meliputi dua daripada empat blok projek pelebaran dan pengorekan dasar sungai di sempadan Shah Alam–Klang hingga Shah Alam–Puchong dan dari muara sungai ke Bandar Klang, kedua-duanya meliputi blok tiga dan satu.

Beliau berkata kerajaan Selangor menerusi agensi berkaitan menyasarkan pertambahan kapasiti air sekurang-kurangnya 40 peratus hingga akhir tahun ini, selepas data sebelum ini menunjukkan Sungai Klang, khususnya di Selangor tidak dapat menampung lebihan air dari hulu.

“Blok tiga yang meliputi kawasan Sri Muda, Kota Kemuning, Seksyen 17 dan Seksyen 24 perlu diberi lebih perhatian kerana ia merupakan lokasi paling terjejas dalam kejadian banjir sejak beberapa tahun kebelakangan ini,” katanya.

Projek SMG ialah inisiatif kerajaan Selangor yang memfokuskan kepada penjanaan semula Sungai Klang dengan LLSB merupakan pemaju induk projek dan bertanggungjawab melaksanakan tiga aktiviti utama projek, iaitu pembersihan, pemuliharaan serta pembangunan.

Syaiful Azmen berkata kerja pelebaran dan pengorekan dasar sungai bagi baki dua blok, iaitu kawasan Bandar Klang ke arah Bandar Sultan Sulaiman (blok dua) dan sempadan Shah Alam–Puchong hingga Petaling Jaya–Kuala Lumpur (blok empat) akan dilaksanakan tahun depan merangkumi jarak sejauh 28.8 km.

Projek di blok satu dan tiga katanya, akan berakhir pada hujung tahun ini sebelum memasuki fasa penambahbaikan dan pemerhatian selama dua tahun, dengan turut dikendalikan LLSB.

“Setakat ini, kami telah mengeluarkan 94,000 tan metrik sampah dengan kos pengendalian hampir RM20 juta, kos itu sepatutnya boleh digunakan untuk tujuan lain sekiranya masyarakat cakna mengenai kebersihan sungai,” katanya.

SHAH ALAM: A major flood mitigation initiative under the Selangor Maritime Gateway (SMG) project has successfully increased the Klang River's water capacity by 18 per cent, covering a 31km stretch from the river mouth to the Petaling Jaya-Kuala Lumpur border.

Syaiful Azmen Nordin, managing director of Landasan Lumayan Sdn Bhd (LLSB), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Menteri Besar Selangor (Incorporated) appointed as the master developer of the SMG project, said the improved river section spans two of four key project blocks - from the Shah Alam-Klang border to the Shah Alam-Puchong border, and from the river mouth to Bandar Klang - identified as Blocks 3 and 1, respectively.

He said the state government, through its agencies, is targeting a total increase of at least 40 per cent in river capacity by the end of this year after past data revealed that Klang River, especially in Selangor, could not accommodate upstream water overflow during heavy rains.

"Block 3, which covers flood-prone areas such as Sri Muda, Kota Kemuning, Section 17, and Section 24, requires special attention, as these are the most affected zones in recent flood events," he told reporters after a site visit to the flood mitigation project in Kota Kemuning yesterday.

The river widening and dredging works for the remaining two blocks - from Bandar Klang to Bandar Sultan Sulaiman (Block 2), and from the Shah Alam-Puchong border to Petaling Jaya-Kuala Lumpur (Block 4) - will begin next year, covering an additional 28.8km.

Syaiful Azmen said construction on Blocks 1 and 3 is expected to be completed by year-end, after which a two-year enhancement and monitoring phase will begin, also managed by LLSB.

To date, around 94,000 tonnes of waste have been extracted from the river, at an estimated handling cost of RM20 million, he said.

"That RM20 million could've been used for other development initiatives, if only there was greater public awareness about river cleanliness," he added. — BERNAMA

SIBU (June 17): Upgrading work has commenced on a one-kilometre flood-prone section of Jalan Kong Yit Khim between KM9 and KM10 in the Salim-Stabau area, at a cost of approximately RM1.5 million.

Sibu Public Works Department (JKR) assistant engineer Sofia Ma’soud said the project, funded through the state disaster fund, is scheduled for completion within four months but may finish ahead of schedule.

“The upgrading work on this stretch is currently ongoing.

“Besides that, there are four other (flood prone) portions along Jalan Kong Yit Khim already approved (for upgrading),” Sofia told reporters during the site inspection yesterday.

In Kanowit’s Penyulau area, she said four similar flood-prone stretches have been approved and are currently in the design stage, with completion targeted for this year.

Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) Dudong Division chairman Datuk Teo Boon Siew expressed gratitude to PDP president Dato Sri Tiong King Sing for helping secure the project funding.

“I am very thankful that the upgrading works have started on the one-kilometer section from kilometer 9 to 10 along Jalan Kong Yit Khim (Salim-Stabau area).

“This is one of five portions inundated during flooding earlier this year,” he recalled.

Also present during the site visit was Sibu Rural District Council (SRDC) councillor Paul Teo.