Report: Four KL water retention ponds to still prevent floods despite development approval; two other ponds had ownership cancelled | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — Four water retention ponds in Kuala Lumpur intended to prevent floods will still continue to serve as flood retention ponds and will not be filled in, even though the area around these ponds had been approved for development, a report has said.quoted Federal Territories Land and Mines Department director Datuk Muhammad Yasir Yahya as saying these four water retention ponds — namely the Batu, Nanyang, Delima and Taman Wahyu ponds — would also serve as recreational parks.

“The dual-function means that part of it will be upgraded as recreational sites that not only give added value to the surrounding area, but also benefit society, especially the local community,” he was quoted as saying byAs for the two other water retention ponds at Taman Desa and Batu 4½ in Kuala Lumpur, he was quoted as saying that the approval for the ownership of these two sites had been cancelled and the ownership applicant would have to carry out upgrades.

Last December 28, Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh urged the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission to begin investigating DBKL’s approval of the development of six retention ponds that are used for flood prevention.

Mean while..puchong pond how ah wherr sungai kuyoh flows

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