The Star - Metro
3hb September 2014
by farah fazanna zulzaha
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Community/2014/09/03/Construction-causes-flood-Residents-claim-contractors-cover-drain-with-sheet-piles/
RESIDENTS of Jalan 3, Kampung Baru Batu 11 in Cheras say ongoing MRT construction work is causing floods in their area.
Lee Eng Seong, 45, who has been living in the area for the past 40 years, said it had flooded three times last month.
“My furniture and mattresses were spoiled,” he said.
Balakong assemblyman Eddie Ng, said MRT contractors had covered the drain with sheet piles.
“This prevented water from flowing through and the drain and it overflows,” he said during a site visit recently.
Ng added although the area was flood-prone, the situation had worsened after the MRT construction began.
“Previously, it only used to flood when there was really heavy rain. And the flood was not as worse as it is now,” he said.
Ng added that the floods then were caused by blocked drains, but the rubbish has since been cleared.
Meanwhile, Mass Rapid Transit Corp Sdn Bhd public relations and communications manager Ong Jee Lian said the most recent flash flood was partly due to the illegal dumping of waste into the sump.
“The flash flood was also caused by the installation of sheet piles for the cofferdam located next to a culvert,” he said in a statement.
Ong explained that the cofferdam was built prior to the construction of a pile cap Pier 13L (located beside the Grand Saga Highway, near the Balakong Exit).
The MRT alignment runs along the Grand Saga Highway (going towards Kajang, with the MRT Bukit Dukung Station nearby – formerly known as Balakong Station).
He added that after the flash floods, immediate remedial measures were implemented by removing some of the sheet piles (without compromising the stability of the cofferdam) to allow smoother flow of surface water to the culvert.
In addition, Ong said that regular maintenance and desilting at the culvert inlet sump will be done as well to further improve water flow.
3hb September 2014
by farah fazanna zulzaha
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Community/2014/09/03/Construction-causes-flood-Residents-claim-contractors-cover-drain-with-sheet-piles/
RESIDENTS of Jalan 3, Kampung Baru Batu 11 in Cheras say ongoing MRT construction work is causing floods in their area.
Lee Eng Seong, 45, who has been living in the area for the past 40 years, said it had flooded three times last month.
“My furniture and mattresses were spoiled,” he said.
Balakong assemblyman Eddie Ng, said MRT contractors had covered the drain with sheet piles.
Ng added although the area was flood-prone, the situation had worsened after the MRT construction began.
“Previously, it only used to flood when there was really heavy rain. And the flood was not as worse as it is now,” he said.
Ng added that the floods then were caused by blocked drains, but the rubbish has since been cleared.
Meanwhile, Mass Rapid Transit Corp Sdn Bhd public relations and communications manager Ong Jee Lian said the most recent flash flood was partly due to the illegal dumping of waste into the sump.
“The flash flood was also caused by the installation of sheet piles for the cofferdam located next to a culvert,” he said in a statement.
Ong explained that the cofferdam was built prior to the construction of a pile cap Pier 13L (located beside the Grand Saga Highway, near the Balakong Exit).
The MRT alignment runs along the Grand Saga Highway (going towards Kajang, with the MRT Bukit Dukung Station nearby – formerly known as Balakong Station).
He added that after the flash floods, immediate remedial measures were implemented by removing some of the sheet piles (without compromising the stability of the cofferdam) to allow smoother flow of surface water to the culvert.
In addition, Ong said that regular maintenance and desilting at the culvert inlet sump will be done as well to further improve water flow.
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