‘Killer monsoon drain’ to be walled up


PIC FOR TRISHA: A photograph showing the monsoon drain barricaded after the recent flash flood where a man was drowned after falling into the drain infront of Setia SPICE Convention Centre.Star Pic by: ZAINUDIN AHAD / The Star / 18 JULY 2017

THE monsoon drain along Jalan Tun Dr Awang in Penang where a 59-year-old businessman drowned in floodwaters has been temporarily barricaded with poles, ropes and reflectors.

State Public Works Department (JKR) director Ahmad Redza Ghulam Rasool said the temporary barricade were placed on Saturday, pending a permanent one.

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