FLOODING problems in Taman Kota Permai, Bukit Mertajam, will be over soon when Sungai Pasir, which runs through the housing estate, is deepened and its bunds raised.
Penang Agriculture and Agro-based Industries and Flood Mitigation Committee chairman Law Choo Kiang said the 1.85km project costing about RM120,000 would begin at the end of July and be completed in about two months.
“The shallow riverbed is causing the downstream water to overflow onto low-lying areas. That causes flooding during rainy seasons,” he said after visiting the site near SJK (C) Beng Teik in Taman Kota Permai on Friday.
Also present were Padang Lalang assemblyman Michael Tan Cheong Heng, Seberang Prai municipal councillor Oon Neow Aun and Drainage and Irrigation Department officials.
Law said the state had spent about RM12.5mil on flood mitigation projects in Bukit Mertajam in the last four years.
He said a similar project to resolve flooding problems in Taman Sungai Rambai and Taman Makok had been approved with a cost of about RM3mil. - The Star
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