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Thursday, September 27, 2018

Have federal agency to monitor dams


The two recent dam failures in South East Asia, specifically in Laos and Myanmar, as well as this video, has prompted me to ask whether Malaysia has a federal agency to monitor the integrity of dams.
The proposed Pan Island Link (PIL) 1 in Penang is a viaduct-ed and tunnelled highway and a stretch of it passes through a corridor between the Air Itam dam and the Kek Lok Si temple.
It is imperative that a federal agency is set up to assess potential damage to infrastructure simultaneously with the Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) of proposals for building massive infrastructure proximal to dams, structures/buildings of historic value and settlements of dense population.
Whilst civic society has highlighted the potential risks of tunnelling to buildings and structures, it has not called for a federal monitoring agency to check the integrity of ageing dams nationwide.
The wisdom behind the Malay proverb, "Sediakan payung sebelum hujan" is still relevant today. - Mkini

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