Experts: Floodwater facility may not be ideal for KL


As DBKL works towards constructing a high-capacity groundwater storage structure under Kuala Lumpur to prevent flash floods, StarMetro finds out what specialists in the field think about this multibillion-ringgit project and gets their perspective on viable options to the long-standing issue

Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) feasibility study on building an underground storage system to mitigate flooding should be nearing its completion date.

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