UPGRADING works at Desa Tun Razak People’s Housing Project (PPR) costing RM9.6mil have been completed, making it one of 22 out of 61 PPR upgrade projects in the capital completed so far.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Hannah Yeoh said the project was part of an additional RM300mil approved by the Government this year to upgrade all PPRs in Kuala Lumpur.
She said the allocation had been agreed to by all Kuala Lumpur MPs to ensure comprehensive maintenance works at PPRs, while enhancing the safety and comfort of more than 8,000 residents at PPR Desa Tun Razak, which has been occupied since 1998.
“We do not want maintenance work to be done on an ad-hoc basis.
“We want to have a special maintenance fund because it is easy to develop a project, but if there is no provision for maintenance, the safety aspect will be compromised,” she told reporters when inspecting the completed upgrading works at PPR Desa Tun Razak, reported Bernama.
Among the works carried out, Yeoh said, were replacing electrical wiring, resurfacing roads and improving fire safety facilities following several fire incidents that occurred last year.
Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Seri Fadlun Mak Ujud said of the RM9.6mil spent on the PPR Desa Tun Razak upgrading project, RM7mil was allocated for repainting works, RM1.68mil for fire prevention systems and electrical wiring upgrades and nearly RM1mil for road resurfacing.
The fire riser and drainage system had also been upgraded, the mayor said.
“We have completed nearly 22 projects and expect all the PPR upgrading projects under the RM300mil allocation to be completed by year-end,” he said.
On lack of parking spaces at PPR Desa Tun Razak, Fadhlun said Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) would identify suitable vacant land to be used as a temporary parking area.
At the same event, Bandar Tun Razak MP Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail urged residents to take good care of the upgraded facilities to ensure they could be enjoyed over the long term.
A culture of safeguarding both public and private property, she said, should be fostered to ensure the government’s efforts to improve public housing facilities would continue to benefit all residents.
