Digging into problem of dirty drains


Workers cleaning a drain. Residents claim many of them are not doing a good job.

CONTRACTORS hired to desilt drains in Klang, Shah Alam and Petaling Jaya are not doing a good job.

Most of the drains are still caked with mud and weeds, thick silt and choked with rubbish.

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