KUALA LUMPUR - Hujan lebat yang turun sejak tengah hari semalam menyebabkan Terowong Pengurusan Air Banjir dan Jalan Raya (SMART) ditutup sekali lagi kepada lalu lintas bagi membolehkan operasi sistem banjir dijalan kan.

Menurut kenyataan yang dikeluarkan Syarikat Mengurus Air Banjir dan Terowong Sdn. Bhd., terowong itu ditutup sejak pukul 3 petang dan menyebabkan kesekan lalu lintas yang teruk sekitar ibu kota.

THE road restoration work along Jalan PJS 9/1 in Bandar Sunway has finally been completed, bringing an end to the daily suffering and woes of residents and business community in the Lagoon Perdana area.

Prior to the restoration, the road was filthy and had several potholes as it was the only access route for lorries transporting earth for land filling at nearby projects.

While cars entering this area were damaged, several accidents had also occurred, when motorcyclists were dislodged and fell when their vehicles hit the potholes that were covered with water. .

THE Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya Highway may offer a swift and smooth drive to the city centre but road users in Seri Kembangan are annoyed because they cannot access the thoroughfare.

There are no entry and exit points between Seri Kembangan and the 26km-long expressway opened on Dec 13 last year. The expressway links with major roads and highways like the MRR1, MRR2, Besraya, NPE, KL-Seremban Highway and Kesas.

KUALA LUMPUR: Flash floods caused by clogged drains brought traffic to a crawl in Jalan Pahang while hailstorms hit several parts of the Klang Valley.

The downpour since afternoon forced the Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART) to be closed at 3pm for flood mitigation operations.

"SMART calls on motorists to be patient. Current information will be given to the media from time to time," the operators said in a statement.

The water level started rising at about 2pm near Bulatan Pahang after the downpour.

RAUB: It's anyone's guess as to how much longer Fraser's Hill will survive as a tourist resort

The hamlet on a cluster of seven hills straddling the Pahang-Selangor border is in imminent danger of dying out.

Almost everything seems to be working against it: landslides have cut off one of the two access roads to the resort, public transportation is almost non-existent and tourists are preferring other highland resorts. 

Meru - Aktaiviti penarahan bukit secara tidak terkawal dan sistem perparitan dan saliran yang tidak sempurna dikenal pasti sebagai salah satu punca utama masalah bajir kilat yang sering berlaku di kawasan kariah Jaya Setia, Kampung Bukit Kampar di sini dan beberapa kawasan  berhampiran.

IPOH: For more than 40 years, a concrete signpost erected by the Ipoh-Lahat trunk road served as a reminder for the people to forge unity through the use of the national language. 

The slab, with the words Utamakan-lah Bahasa Kebangsaan (Give prominence to the national language), was also reminiscent of the days when the national language was known simply as bahasa kebangsaan. 

Today, the signpost, erected by the Perak government immediately after independence, lies broken by the roadside near the junction to the Bukit Merah industrial and residential areas.

JALAN TEPI SUNGAI - Penantian hampir lima tahun ibu bapa dan guru Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil (SJKT)  Jalan Tepi Sungai untuk memdapatkan bangunan sekolah yang baru kini berakhir apabila kerajaan megumumkan pembinaan bangunan baru akan dijalankan tidak lama lagi.

Pembinaan bangunan sekolah yang baru itu adalah untuk mengantaikan bangunan sekolah lama yang uzur dan roboh hampir enam tahun lalu, serta sebuah lagi blok sekolah menempatkan empat kelas yang hampir musnah kerana kebakaran tahun lalu.

KUALA LUMPUR: Lembaga Lebuh Raya Malaysia (LLM) mengesahkan tiada kenaikan tol dijadualkan bagi mana-mana lebuh raya sepanjang tahun ini, termasuk Jambatan Pulau Pinang, selaras dengan keputusan kerajaan pada 30 November tahun lalu. 

Dalam satu kenyataan semalam, LLM berkata, kerajaan menetapkan hanya lebuh raya yang kurang sibuk dan tidak mempunyai aliran trafik yang banyak akan mengalami kenaikan kadar tol berkuat kuasa 1 Januari tahun ini.