KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — Seventeen land lots within the Jinjang and Batu flood retention ponds have been alienated to developers since 2015, causing an estimated 70 per cent shrinkage of the ponds’ capacity.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Hannah Yeoh, when disclosing the problem, urged the government to take the issue seriously and ordered the stoppage of any development applications on the land there.
“The Madani government cannot continue to allow development that compromises the function of flood retention ponds,” Yeoh said at a press conference here.
“The interests of the people and the safety of city residents must be prioritised even if the measures taken require firm decisions to rectify long-inherited problems,” the Segambut MP added.
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