PAC to probe DBKL flood mitigation measures

KUALA LUMPUR: Parliament's Public Accounts (PAC) will begin its probe into the Kuala Lumpur City Hall's (DBKL) flood mitigation measures owing to shortcomings in preventing floods.

"The PAC has agreed to call up the Federal Territories Ministry to begin proceedings involving the management of Kuala Lumpur flood mitigation projects worth RM329.3mil," its chairman Wong Kah Woh said at a press conference in Parliament's media centre on Wednesday .

"The PAC will be calling Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim and the ministry's secretary-general .However, Wong said that a date has yet to be fixed for PAC to begin its probe.A total of RM415.33mil was allocated for the projects of which RM150.11mil was spent on flood mitigation and RM179.22mil spent on maintenance works.

The report stated that DBKL had not fully implemented the proposed short-term flood mitigation measures, with only 11.1% of 18 projects completed, leaving the problem of flash floods in the city unresolved. Wong also said that the PAC was mulling investigations into the delay and cost involving upgrading and renovations work on Parliament building.

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