KUALA LUMPUR (May 22):  The two hydraulic projects or collapsible weirs installed for the city’s River of Life (RoL) project are not working, reported The Star today.

Sources told the daily that projects under the Kuala Lumpur Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) costing RM35 million “were in limbo as the weirs had been out of commission for months”.

“DID has been having a headache with the weirs as the contractors were unable to complete the project initially.

“And when they finally finished the job, it failed to work the system was jammed with sand and sedimentation from the river,” the source said.

“During the launch of Phase I on Aug 28, 2017, the weir at Daya Bumi was not working, hence it had to be raised manually using sand bags,” it added.

The two collapsible weirs have been built over Sungai Klang and designed to raise the river level for boating activities.

With their collapsible capability, the flow of the river during floods will not be blocked.

One weir is located in the Daya Bumi Complex area near Central Market while the other is in Brickfields near La Salle school.

Meanwhile, Kuala Lumpur DID director Nishad Mohamed C.J. Mohd Shaffy told the daily that “there were problems with the contractors” and the department was terminating one of the contracts.

“We are in the process of terminating the contract for the Brickfields weir. Rest assured, we are taking action,” he said.

“They have done the job, but there are problems of dislodgement with the gates caused by sand.

“It was an open tender, and it was all done before my time. But do not worry, we are taking action,” he added.

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