Zairil (in blue) and Chong Eng (in green) checking out the site for the Permatang Rawa project before the Covid-19 pandemic was declared. — Photo: LIM BENG TATT/The Star
PENANG has been forced to redesign the Permatang Rawa Flood Mitigation Project -- one of the moves designed after the Nov 2017 floods -- following difficulties in acquiring land.
Penang flood mitigation committee chairman Zairil Khir Johari said the RM29mil project was supposed to cover an area of 4.2km involving 74 lots, comprising 53 upstream and 21 downstream from Sungai Permatang Rawa.
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