Flood mitigation project in Melaka halts as investigation into fatal accident continues


MELAKA: The Melaka Government has ordered a flood mitigation project at Bukit Katil here to be temporarily halted following the death of a 20-year-old and the injury of two others after their motorcycles plunged into an under-construction drain.

Melaka works, infrastructure, public amenities and transport committee chairman Datuk Hameed Mytheen Kunju Basheer said the Melaka Public Works Department (JKR) has been ordered to investigate the incident and immediately placed concrete barriers to divert traffic.

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