Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan emphasizes the need for regular drainage maintenance to mitigate flooding in Kota Kinabalu, Penampang, and Putatan districts. He points out that current maintenance efforts, conducted three times a year at a cost of RM40 million, are insufficient due to rapid development and climate change. While the Sungai Moyog Integrated River Basin Development Project aims to address flooding, proposed projects for central Sungai Moyog and Sungai Petagas are pending approval. Kitingan stresses the importance of community cooperation in maintaining clear drainage systems and planning for housing and urban development.
: Maintenance of drainage that cumulatively stretches for 170.5 kilometres is one approach that needs to be carried out periodically to overcome flooding in the Kota Kinabalu, Penampang and Putatan districts, according to Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan.
“Furthermore, the flood mitigation projects currently being implemented cannot completely solve the flooding, especially in the Penampang and Putatan districts,” he said in a statement here today. However, he said proposed projects for the central part of ??Sungai Moyog in Penampang and Sungai Petagas in Putatan have not yet been approved.
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