PM: Expedite RM700m flood projects after repeated flooding in Sungai Buloh area

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

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他表示，这两个耗资近7亿令吉且已获得联邦政府批准的项目必须立即推进，以最大程度地降低再次发生洪灾的风险。

“我们的首要任务是加快进度。我已经指示加快推进已经签订合同的河道疏浚等工作。”

“令我担忧的是，这个地区已经遭受过两三次洪水侵袭。我们需要拓宽河道，修建更多蓄水池，并采取全面的防洪措施。”他今天在视察了位于梳邦甘榜马来亚的锡安丹礼堂的防洪救灾中心后告诉记者。

安华表示，他将于本周五获取联邦政府防洪项目的进展报告，而雪兰莪州务大臣拿督斯里阿米鲁丁·沙里预计将于同日在州行政议会会议上汇报州级项目的最新进展。——马新社

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