KL's drainage system good enough: Mayor

Cars driving through floodwaters in Kampung Pandan, Kuala Lumpur, after a downpour on Wednesday. – Bernama

FLOODWATERS in Kuala Lumpur normally recede fast as the city has good drainage channels, said its mayor Datuk Seri Mohd Amin Nordin Abdul Aziz.

The city, he added, had 26 retention ponds and the world’s first-of-its-kind dual-purpose tunnel – the Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART) – which is an award-winning project to manage floods and relieve traffic in Kuala Lumpur at the same time.