Floods: Draining of water from Taman Sri Muda proceeding well despite heavy rain, says Nadma

Members of the Armed Forces evacuating residents by boat in Taman Sri Muda, Shah Alam. — RAJA FAISAL HISHAN/The Star

SHAH ALAM: The process of pumping out the floodwaters in Taman Sri Muda, Section 25 here is still running smoothly despite the heavy downpour around Shah Alam early Wednesday (Dec 22) morning.

"The water has receded even though it rained at 4am,” National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) director-general Datuk Dr Aminuddin Hassim said when contacted on Wednesday.

He said this when asked to comment on the development of the process of pumping out the floodwaters in the area which began early Tuesday (Dec 21).

On Tuesday, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Special Functions) Datuk Dr Abd Latiff Ahmad said that over 80 per cent of floodwaters in Taman Sri Muda had been pumped out into Sungai Klang.

"If 80 per cent could be drained out in 17 hours, logically, the remaining 20 per cent can be cleared by tomorrow morning if it doesn't rain,” he had said.- Bernama