SHAH ALAM, Jan 8 — The collection of post-flood waste in eight localities affected by the December floods have been fully completed as of 8pm last night.
In a progress report issued by KDEB Waste Management (KDEBWM), a total of 48,589 tonnes of waste were collected between December 20 last year until yesterday.
“Thank you to all parties involved in the operation, either directly or otherwise, as well as strong support from the state government,” said KDEBWM on Twitter.
The amount of collected waste are as follow:
- Shah Alam City Council — 8,989 tonnes
- Klang Municipal Council — 7,933 tonnes
- Kajang Municipal Council — 5,820 tonnes
Details on the progress of each local council are in the infographic below.
Meanwhile, KDEBWM managing director Ramli Mohd Tahir said a total of 78,000 tonnes of post-flood waste have been cleared in the flood-hit areas throughout the state.
He said KDEBWM will now focus on the drainage cleanup in affected locations.
“The flood victims are urged to gather the remaining waste from their houses within one or two days so that we can collect it,” he said on the ‘Bual Bicara’ talk show broadcast live on SelangorTV last night.
Commenting on the challenges during the cleaning operations, Ramli said KDEBWM had faced a lack of assets to be deployed as nearly 14 per cent of its Roll-on-Roll-off (RoRo) bins and 10 per cent compactors were submerged during the flooding.
He said a total of 454 RoRo bins were mobilised to the affected areas everyday to collect the waste.
“We apologise for the delay in helping the residents,” he added.
