Deputy Environs Minister: Seven projects, worth RM259.5mil, to address flood problems in Penang


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 18 Sep 2021

BALIK PULAU (Bernama): The government is allocating RM259.5mil for seven flood mitigation projects (RTB) in Penang to be carried out under the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP), said Deputy Environment and Water Minister Datuk Mansor Othman (pic).

He said six of them would be an extension of projects currently being implemented, including RTB Lembangan Sungai Pinang, involving cost of RM150mil, RTB Sungai Kechil (RM16.8mil) and RTB Sungai Dua (RM45mil), while the seventh would be a new project, the RTB Pondok Upeh/Sungai Burong, costing RM10mil.

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