Clogged trash screen at pump house caused Serdang floods

Dirty job: Pupils helping fireman Rozli Mohd Sirun clean one of SK Sri Serdang’s classrooms.

SERI KEMBANGAN: Rubbish clogging the trash screen of the Sg Kuyoh pump house here contributed to Tuesday's flash floods at Taman Sri Serdang.

Drainage and Irrigation Department pump operator Zulkafli Osthman, 41, said the pumps were started once heavy rains began.