Sarawak kuching4/27/2023 “Based on their briefing, the project planning and also tendering and appointment of contractors should have been finalised by Nov 2019, where the detailed designing process including land acquisition and investigation was to be carried out from Dec 2019 to Dec 2020. The Department of Drainage and Irrigation (DID) Sarawak, he said, has been given the authority to carry out the implementation and monitoring of the projects.Īccording to Dr Yii, the federal funding was released for these projects at the end of 2018 after an initial review as announced by then Minister Dr Xavier Jayakumar. There will also be flood mitigation projects to build flood barriers along Sungai Gersik, Sungai Sinjan and also the dredging and deepening of Sungai Tengah and Sungai Minjab. These include the upgrading of drainage systems in five locations including SGH, the government quarters at Jalan Tun Jugah, Batu Lintang area, SK Muara Tuang in Samarahan and also the drainage along the Kuching-Samarahan Expressway. “I also highlighted the multiple flash floods occurrence all around Kuching including the one at the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) and many housing estates recently to show the urgency of the matter,” he added.Īccording to him, the RM150 million project known as Pembangunan Lembangan Sungai Bersepadu (PLSB) Sungai Sarawak covers nine project locations. “I have raised this flash flood issue in Parliament to demand answers and clarification for the constant delay of the project and demanded for it to be prioritised,” Yii said in a statement yesterday. KUCHING (March 16): Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii has called on the federal and state governments to expedite the implementation of RM150 million flood mitigation projects in Kuching. Citing on the flash floods that have happened in many low-lying areas around Kuching, Yii said these have caused so much inconvenience and damage to public property.
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