S’gor in a fix over unowned ponds


Flood mitigation works along Sungai Kandis in Klang is one of the 32 projects under DID. — KK SHAM/The Star

The status of over 300 flood retention ponds in Selangor are unknown as the developers who sold off all units in their projects decades ago, are either no longer in business or bankrupt.

State infrastructure and agriculture committee chairman Datuk Izham Hashim said over 300 retention ponds in Selangor were “absent of an owner” hence putting the state government in a fix.

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