Solution to Taman Kinrara’s drainage woes

by Jade Chan, Star, 14 Sept.

RESIDENTS of Taman Kinrara Section 2 Apartment in Kinrara, Puchong, are grateful that their woes have been resolved after a decade of having to put up with poor drainage.

Residents association chairman Rohaizan Khamis said residents from the 200 apartments have had to endure the stench from the drain’s stagnant water, as well as occasional health problems like dengue, since 1999.

“If it rains for an hour, water from the drain will overflow into our apartments,” he said.

“The previous assemblyman got the drain covered with a thin metal sheet during the last election, but the sheet rusted and broke up eventually.”

Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) Engineering Department acting director Mohd Ariffuddin Kamari said RM160,000 would be spent to install metal sheets to cover the drain, as well as fencing around the drain’s perimeter.

“There will be gaps in between the sheets to facilitate maintenance work on the 110m-long drain,” he said.

“We’re also completing some road resurfacing work costing RM200,000 for an estimated 1.5km around Taman Kinrara 2.”

Kinrara assemblyman Teresa Kok said the RM360,000 spent marked the first phase of projects under the RM1mil infrastructure allocation that the state government had allocated for the assemblymen.

Teresa’s assistant and former MPSJ councillor Gary Chong attributed the drainage problem to a faulty design as the discharge from the nearby factories and houses also flow into the same drain.

He said RM80,000 was spent last year to deepen and clean the drain, especially a clogged section near the Kesas Highway that was identified as the main cause of the drainage problems.

Teresa said after the problem was resolved, even the flooding problem at her service centre in Persiaran Kinrara Section 3 was reduced.

“The other projects that have been scheduled under my state infrastructure allocation are traffic lights installation and road-widening work,” she added.