Penang govt says LRT alignment won’t cross over mosque, cemetery grounds
Demonstrators protest against the proposed alignment of the Light Rail Transit project over the site of Masjid Jamek Sungai Nibong Besar at Komtar June 28, 2019. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
He said the state Islamic religious council had in a meeting agreed that the LRT be aligned with the Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah flyover. He said the cemetery had encroached by 2.5m outside the wakaf land but the LRT alignment would not pass by that site too. “According to the original construction schedule, the foundation works for the mosque will start in the middle of August and the PWD has confirmed that there will not be any disruption to the construction of the mosque,” he said.
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