Projek Pembangunan Lembaga Sungai Bersepadu (PLSB) Sungai Sarawak or Sungai Sarawak Intergrated River Basin Project was a federal funded project under the 11th Malaysia Plan approved during Dato Sri Najib’s administration prior to 2016. It was approved to mitigate flood in the Kuching area.

Despite the overwhelming support shown by the voters in Bandar Kuching and Stampin to the Pakatan Harapan in 2018 General Election, the much-needed Kuching flood mitigation plan was put under review by the PH government after GE14 in 2018. After much delay the projects was finally given the green light to resume in 2020.

Today the Kuching City South Mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng, Batu Lintang’s state assemblyman YB See Chee How, DBKU engineer Zaidi Haji Pathi representing DBKU Mayor Haji Hilmy and Koh Teck Wan followed up with DID Sarawak on the progress of the flood mitigate project for the flood zones at Jalan Batu Lintang and Sarawak General Hospital area.

DID Sarawak Deputy Director Law Wee and his team of DID engineers together with project consultant took us to the Jalan Batu Lintang and Sarawak General Hospital sites to explain on how the new flood mitigation design will resolve flash flood issue at Jalan Batu Lintang and Sarawak General Hospital.

Two detention ponds ( 1.5 acres and 1.9 acres each), 2 RC drains both about 300 meters and culvert were proposed for flood mitigation at Jalan Batu Lintang. This project which will take 2 years will resolve flash flood issue near southeast of Jalan Batu Lintang namely Lintang Park, Taman Kelly, Taman Wingli, and Lorong Batu Lintang 8.

Another critically needed project is at SGH, with a 1.9 acre wide detention pond and new 640 meter RC drain to be constructed the flash flood issue will be resolved at Sarawak General Hospital. This flood mitigation project is also targeted to complete in 2 years time. Once completed, the detention pond area will turned into a public walking park.

DID Sarawak stressed that although the proposed flood mitigation projects will resolve the flash flood issue at Jalan Batu Lintang and Sarawak General Hospital, it is not designed to prevent flood due to phenomena of high tide and drainage blockage.

Unlike what was claimed by DAP YBs, the approved fund is kept by DID Malaysia at federal side and as of May this year, DID Sarawak only received RM6.9 million for the payment of land acquisition at Batu lintang area out of the RM150 million allocated to the Sungai Sarawak Integrated River Basin Development (PLSB) flood mitigation project for Bandar Kuching.

As DID Sarawak is getting ready to call for the the tenders in early November this year, we are thankful to Deputy Premier YB Datuk Amar Dr. Sim Kui Hian and his team for making a working visit to Natural Resource, Environment and Climate Change Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, the outcome of such visit has managed to get the kind assistance from Minister Nik Nazmi to follow up with MOF to expedite all necessary processes including financial and administrative documentation by MOF

The collaboration between deputy Premier DA Dr. Sim and federal Minister Nik has fast track the implementation of this project. Now DID Sarawak is finally allowed to call for the tenders of these flood mitigation projects.

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