‘Reserves used during pandemic’

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MBSJ resorted to prudent spending while continuing to provide services to ratepayers during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The city council’s income, mostly from assessment collection, saw a reduction of RM18mil last year and it needed to ensure that there was enough funds to administer and manage its area of jurisdiction.

“What we could not avoid was paying dues such as utility fees, salaries, petrol and diesel to run the city council. Noraini highlighted that MBSJ also went around looking for needy folk to offer assistance amid the Covid-19 the pandemic. “We have one ongoing programme with the help of Selangor government called the Intelligent Traffic Management System, that uses high resolution cameras to capture the number of vehicles and measure waiting time at junctions along Persiaran Kemajuan.“Eventually, we will have AI to run our traffic lights on the right timing based on the number of vehicles waiting at the junctions,” she said.

 

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