THE public dispute over the road closure and toll collection issues at Bandar Mahkota Cheras has now become a legal battle.
Developer Narajaya Sdn Bhd has filed a suit against Grand Saga Sdn Bhd and the Malaysian Highway Authority at the civil division of the High Court.
Narajaya senior project manager Ng Kian Lai has affirmed the affidavit filed on Oct 4.
KUALA LUMPUR: Kerajaan meluluskan pembayaran pampasan RM237 juta apabila menamatkan cadangan pembinaan jambatan bengkok bagi menggantikan Tambak Johor tidak lama dulu, kata Setiausaha Parlimen Kementerian Kewangan, Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya.
"Jumlah ini termasuk tuntutan bayaran kerja yang dilaksanakan di tapak berjumlah RM55 juta menjadikan jumlah sebenar pampasan RM237 juta," katanya menjawab soalan Dr Mohamed Hayati Othman (BN-Pendang).
Kuala Lumpur - Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu mengarahkan kontraktor Lebuh Raya Duta Ulu Klang Expressway (DUKE) memperbesarkan kelubung jalan berhampiran Taman Pelangi dan Kampung Bandar Dalam, Sentul bagi menangani masalah banjir.
Kontraktor, Malaysian Resources Corp. Bhd. (MRCB) dan Eco Event Management and Consultancy Sdn.Bhd., turut diberi tempoh seminggu bermula semalam untuk melakukan projek itu.
Kuala Lumpur: Some 30 families in Taman Pelangi, Sentul, suffered their worst flood during Hari Raya Aidilfitri last weekend.
Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, who visited the area yesterday, said the culverts were not wide enough for quick drain-off of rain water, resulting in the metre-high flood on Saturday.
Samy Vellu said he had instructed the contractor working on the Duta-Ulu Klang Expressway (Duke) to expand the culverts to at least twice their current width - from 0.7m to 3.1m - in a week to improve drainage.
KUALA LUMPUR: About 20 families in Taman Pelangi, Sentul, had a wet and miserable holiday last weekend. Their homes were flooded because construction on the Duta-Ulu Kelang Expressway (DUKE), which began early this year, disrupted the normal flow of rain water.
Resident Arshad Shaari, 41, said there had been minor floods in the area before but since construction began it had become worse.
"The flooding started on Friday after a downpour and continued into Saturday. The water only receded on Sunday," he said.
KUALA SELANGOR - Pembinaan pembahagian jalan di sepanjang jalan Klang-Teluk Intan adalah langkah terbaik dalam megurangkan kadar kemalangan kerana ia dapat menghalang penguna jalan berkenaan daripada terus menjadi laluan pembahagi sedia ada sebahagai lorong memotong.
Salah seorang pemandu, Mohd Ruzi Abu Hasan berkata, pembahagian jalan ketika ini yang hanya dipisahkan oleh garisan putih sering disalahgunakan oleh pemandu untuk dijadikan lorong memotong bagi pemandu yang kurang sabar.
PADANG JAWA - Bagaikan melepas batuk di tangga, begitulah kerja-kerja menurap lubang-lubang yang dilakukan secara tidak sempurna di sini.
Menurut penduduk, kerja-kerja menutup lubang di jalan itu pernah dilakukan tetapi berlubang semula tidak lama kemudian.
Akibatnya, pengguna terpaksa menghadapi masalah yang sama semula setiap hari apabila terpaksa mengharung jalan yang berlubang-lubang.
Salah seorang penguna, Abdullah Ismail 45, memberitahu, ada pihak yang datang membaik pulih jalan berkenaan, namun hasil kerja tidak memuaskan.
KUALA LUMPUR- Terowong Pengurusan Air Banjir dan lalu Lintas (Smart) akan ditutup kepada semua kenderaan sekiranya tadahan air di Kolam Takungan Berembang Ampang meningkat melepasi paras 70 meter padu.
Pengarah Projek Tebatan Banjir, KJ John Abraham, berkata kemungkinan itu boleh berlaku dalam masa terdekat ini jika hujan berterusan sekali gus menaikkan kapasiti air di kolam takungan berkenaan.
HEAVY rains caused part of a retaining wall in Taman Seri Minang, Balakong, to collapse on Tuesday. The backyards of six double-storey houses were affected as a result.
The incident occurred at around 3pm and brought down the fencing while exposing several underground pipes.
Resident Loh Chun Liang said prior to the incident, several cracks had appeared on the portion of the wall located near the Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) sub-station opposite the first house.
UALA LUMPUR: The flood woes at SRK Tamil Ladang Bukit Jalil may be over in a few days.
Immediate action has been promised by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), at the insistence of Natural Resources and Environment Deputy Minister Datuk S. Sothinathan.
The school has been flooded five times in the past month, with waters reaching up to a metre, causing classes and, more importantly, examinations to be disrupted for the 103 pupils.
The first time the school became flooded was on the second day of the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah examination last month.
