Taman Lintang Makmur is a newly developed housing estate in Sungai Siput. There are about 800 houses, 100 shop lots and 2 blocks of 4 storey apartments. 50 semi-D / bungalows are in progress. A new bus and taxi station will be station here. TF Hypermart already established itself. The main road will be widen. It is a well planned and developed area!
However, the worst has yet to come. There will be nightmare for those staying around soon! WHY?
For the past few months of heavy rain, the main entrance has been flooded. Recently, a concrete wall falls due to underground water and erosion. It affected part of the residential area. Why these happen?
I have done a physical verification ... the drainage system is poorly designed and constructed. The size of the drainage could not hold the volume of water from the 2 adjacent streams. The drain was constructed such way that the lower ground is shallow and the higher ground is deeper. As water flow downstream; the water spilled out and flooded the main road.
This has caused difficulties for the residents, road users and damaged the road. As no proper drainage, underground water caused erosion. The 1.5 m concrete wall was partly brought down and almost flooded the surrounding houses.
Seeing is believing .... here are the photos!
