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At Kuala Lumpur, large tracts of Dataran Merdeka, Jalan Masjid India and Kampung Kasipillay were flooded. [75] Flood waters between the main roads connecting the town of Meru and Bukit Raja were measured with a depth of 2 to 3 metres (6.6 to 9.8 ft). Dozens of residents, who failed to return to their homes in time, were forced to sleep in their ...
Disagreements between Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (SYABAS) and the state government slowed progress toward a stable water supply. The deadlines for agreement on a water distribution restructuring deal between the government and water concessionaires were postponed several times, while water supply to many households continued to be ...
2020–2021 Malaysian floods is an event when several states in Malaysia were flooded in late 2020 and early 2021. Floods caused about tens of thousands of people to be evacuated to evacuation centers.
The 2024 Kuala Lumpur sinkhole, also known as the Jalan Masjid India sinkhole, is an 8-metre (26 ft) deep sinkhole that formed in Jalan Masjid India in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 23 August 2024, possibly caused by sewage pipe ruptures and other geographical faults. [3] [4] Its collapse has caused one victim to disappear for more than a week. [5 ...
Water privatisation in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. In the federal capital territory of Kuala Lumpur and the state of Selangor, which completely surrounds the capital territory, a 26-year BOT contract for a 1,120 megaliter per day water treatment plant was signed with Puncak Niaga Holdings in 1994 as part of the Selangor River Water Supply Scheme ...
Another MYR10 million (US$3.76 million) been sent to Malaysia in the form of items such as 1,600 makeshift tents, generators, sewage pumps and water purifying equipment. [67] [68] Iran — Iran's Cultural Office in Kuala Lumpur has expressed sympathy with flood-stricken people in Malaysia's northeastern states. In a statement by Ali Akbar Ziaei ...
Historically, Kuala Lumpur has often suffered from severe flooding from the river water overflowing the banks. In 1926, a particularly severe flood hit Kuala Lumpur, and work on the river then began in an attempt to reduce the risk of flooding.
The subsequent water shortage affected almost all the residents in the Klang Valley causing the government to impose water rationing prior to the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. The shortage was blamed on El Nino despite actual rainfall in the months leading up to February 1998 in Federal Territory [1] not being significantly below ...