EKVE developer apologises to residents over mud floods
KUALA LUMPUR: The developer of the East Klang Valley Expressway has apologised for the mud floods that hit the Hulu Langat area, especially Kampung Felcra Sungai Semungkis, located at the edge of the expressway’s construction, twice this year.
EKVE Sdn Bhd senior general manager Mohd Khalid Mohamed said the company was committed to ensure the problem would be solved with several mitigation measures already in place and would continue to improve on the measures.
He did not deny that the construction work near the area had contributed to the floods but some constrictions at Sungai Gahal that runs along the area, besides heavy rainfall had also contributed to the problem.
“This is not the first time the area was flooded. Before construction (in May 2016), there were small floods.
“What we done is install culvets along the expressway and all aspects of the drainage system are now complete, so water from the forest will flow directly to our retention ponds and Sungai Gahal, thus sparing the affected areas.
“For Felcra Semungkis, we have also identified constrictions which made the river shallow, so now we have been deepening and widening the river, we are constructing bunks with the permission of the residents, there are about four places (along Sungai Gahal), and we will do it regularly,” he told a media briefing, here, yesterday.
The mud floods had occurred in last June and the worst incident was in October.
Following numerous complaints from residents over the mud floods in October, the Department of Environment had issued a stopwork order, until the developer completed remedial and rehabilitation works.
The EKVE will be a dual carriageway with toll plazas at five interchanges, in Sungai Long, Bandar Mahkota Cheras, Hulu Langat, Ampang and Ukay Perdana. — Bernama