Flood clean-up in KL hampered by rubbish, illegal utility cables


Rubbish found inside a drain in Jalan Pudu Ulu during cleaning work by Alam Flora and DBKL on Tuesday. - Courtesy pix

ALAM Flora Sdn Bhd workers are finding it difficult to clean up flood-hit areas in Kuala Lumpur because of large amounts of rubbish and illegal utility cables.

Its Federal Territories manager Raja Kamal Azizol Raja Ibrahim said bricks and broken furniture in waterways were also obstructing the water flow.

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