Headline Excess vegetation in pond to be cleared MediaTitle The Star Date 15 Feb 2020 Language English Circulation 175,986 Readership 527,958 Section Metro Page No 2 ArticleSize 227 cm² Journalist OH ING YEEN PR Value RM 34,404

By OH ING YEEN and GAN XIAO TIAN [email protected] Excess vegetation in Subang Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) has been tasked with clearing the vege- Jaya pond to be cleared tation at the retention pond at SS12/1, Subang Jaya. Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) The pond will be included in At a press conference in her councillor Ken Chia. Selangor DID's inventory. office in SS14, Subang Jaya assem- A month later, a meeting was "DID will need to conduct a sur- blyman Michelle Ng said last year, held at the land office to determine vey to determine the underground Wangsa Baiduri residents had the ownership of the land. profile of the pond," Ng said. voiced their concerns over the In a subsequent meeting in She added that DID was now car- increasing vegetation at the pond. December with Selangor DID, TNB rying out a tender process to "Residents living near the pond and land office representatives, it appoint a contractor. are worried that the increase in was agreed that TNB would pre- The contractors will appoint water hyacinths covering the pond pare the plans and hand over the an engineer for the project and would change the ecosystem. land to DID for gazettement of the the engineer will have to obtain a "They have spotted snakes and pond under Section 62 of the permit from TNB before proceed- monitor lizards," she said. National Land Code. ing. Ng explained that it was not a Also at the press conference was "As there are TNB pylons around straightforward issue as they need- Chia, who said, TNB had been pro- the area, the engineer will have to ed to find out the rightful owner of viding maintenance work over the advise on the machinery that can the pond. years such as grass-cutting for the be used. .area surrounding the pond. "I urge DID and TNB to prioritise On Sept 17 last year, Ng visited Ng talking about the status of a the site with Petaling Land Office Ng said she received a letter this project and hopefully, it can be from DID dated Jan 17, stating that completed within the first half of retention pond near Wangsa and Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) Baiduri at Jalan SS12/1. representatives as well as Subang it was now responsible for the land. the year," added Ng. VALUATOR

Company(Brand) Mention Tone ROI Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) (Industry 5 0 0 Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran Negeri Selangor (JPS) (Jabatan 6 0 0 Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ) (Majlis Perbandaran 1 0 0 MyCC-Pricing (MyCC-Pricing) 1 0 0 Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) (Tenaga Nasional ) 8 0 0