MPP chairman unhappy with DAP man’s allegations
KUCHING: Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) chairman Lo Khere Chiang was displeased with an allegation made by Batu Kitang DAP’s Abdul Aziz Isa on soil erosion at Kampung Semaba. Aziz alleged that MPP was slow in responding to a complaint about erosion at Lorong 4 in the village. “Aziz mentioned that the erosion was minor and […]
Council begins erosion mitigation projects
KUCHING: The Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) is looking into 37 maintenance projects, mostly involving soil erosion, in its jurisdiction. “There are quite a few problems involving soil erosion, including at Kampung Semeba, in February due to heavy rain and flooding,” said MPP chairman Lo Khere Chiang. “Out of the 37 projects, five have been completed,” […]
Inspection on two completed RTP projects
MIRI: A new drain has been completed to replace an old drain behind the Grand Park here that collapsed due to erosion recently. Last Tuesday (Feb 9) state Minister of Transport Datuk Lee Kim Shin, who is also Senadin assemblyman, visited the site. The project is under Senadin’s Rural Transformation Project (RTP) 2020 and was undertaken […]
Public Works Department instructed to fix road
MIRI: Minister for Transport Sarawak Datuk Lee Kim Shin has instructed the Public Works Department (JKR) Miri to carry out remedial action to prevent any further erosion along the road entrance to Rumah Lambor, Miri-Marudi road. Lee said this on Friday evening after conducted a brief visit to the site. On Jan 28, a landslide […]
Landslide scare for longhouse residents
BINTULU: Residents of a 50-door longhouse, Rumah Jarau, Kampung Dayak Sungai Plan here had to undergo tense moments when the back portion of the longhouse gave way to a landslide this early morning (Nov 28). It was reported that heavy rain since Friday had caused the soil to loosen up and resulted in the landslide. […]
Erosion causes excavator submerge
SIMUNJAN: Riverbank erosion here caused an excavator to plunge into the river and was almost totally submerged. This incident occurred at Taman Botani, Jalan Sabun yesterday evening. Simunjan fire chief PPgB Mat Undik said their station received an emergency call around 3.02pm on the incident and immediately despatched firefighters to the scene. Upon arrival, they […]
Work on erosion control project starts soon
MIRI: Work to build erosion control project at a landing site for fishing boats at Kampung Batu 1 in Kuala Baram will commence this month. Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin said when the project is completed in November 2022, it would protect the area from erosion and flooding. Lee disclosed this today, after witnessing the handing […]
Prompt attention for longhouse
KAPIT: A 40-door longhouse Rumah Bundong Tajok at the foot of Bukit Goram along Sungai Kapit which has been endangered by soil erosion got an immediate attention of local people’s representative Jefferson Jamit Unyat. The Bukit Goram rep last Tuesday paid a working visit to the community dwelling especially to inspect the site of severe […]
