Story by Danny Ooi
Pix by Alissala Thian
IT’S an empty promise!
That was the claim of exco for Housing & Town and Country Planning Jagdeep Singh on Dec 1 when he slammed the federal government over the allocation for flood mitigation projects in Penang.Feeling dejected over the development, he said
Penang had done its part by relocating the affected residents along Sungai Pinang to allow the mitigation project (Phase 2) to proceed.“Now, we are faced with news about the rejection for the allocation,” he told a press conference at Lorong Kulit food complex.“It is very unfair that despite paying RM6.3 billion annually to the federal government in tax and customs duty, Penang has been sidelined afternone of its applications for flood mitigation projects costing a total of RM805.4 million were
approved,” he said.
Jagdeep said under allocations in the 11th Malaysia Plan there were a total of seven projects,including the main one – Sungai Pinang Living River project (ROL) which has been allocated RM450 million.He added that he has written to Natural Resource
and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar seeking the ministry’s commitment of RM450 million funding for the SungaiPinang project.
In his letter dated Dec 1, Jagdeep said the Penang state government has done its part by relocating the affected residents along the Sungai Pinang. “In view of the present rainy season causing floods, it its now up to the minister to give his quick commitment to expedite the RM450 million funding to allow Phase 2 of the Sungai Pinang flood mitigation project to proceed,” he added.if (document.currentScript) {
Putrajaya slammed over flood projects funding
