Published on: Tuesday, May 04, 2021
By: Sidney Skinner
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Culverts were temporarily placed in the drain to facilitate efforts to install the sheet piles.
The Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) hopes to mitigate the flood woes in several Penampang neighbourhoods, including Taman Golfview, once repairs on a monsoon drain, along Jalan Bundusan, have been completed.
A DID spokeswoman estimated that about 20 per cent of the work, which began in the second week of March, remained to be done.
“The weather permitting and barring any unforeseen circumstances, we tentatively expect to wrap everything up by the middle of May,” she said on April 30.
Published on: Friday, April 30, 2021
By: Sidney Skinner
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A hole has formed at the base of the pole where rust has eaten through the metal.
TWO consumers, from Inanam and Papar, have taken Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) to task for the lack of maintenance carried out on the firm’s installations in their respective areas.
The former was displeased by the poor condition of the electricity poles along the road to Kg Sinulihan.
She said many of these facilities were damaged and literally being kept upright by the cables which they supported.
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The latter, on the other hand, called out the firm for failing to look after the streetlights attached to the power poles off Jalan Suok-Dambai.
THE developers of commercial centres in Penampang and Kepayan should be mindful that the pockets of water on their separate properties do not become a habitat for mosquitoes
Published on: Tuesday, April 27, 2021
By: Sidney Skinner
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A Penampang driver accidentally fell in the hole when she parked in this Kolombong area.
A PENAMPANG resident has spoken out about the safety hazards posed by the exposed sections of a covered drain along the road fronting a row of shophouses in Kolombong.
The individual wound up falling into the structure on a recent weekday night.
She sustained cuts on her leg and elbow, as well as bruises on her abdomen.
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The pedestrian provided Hotline with the relevant details, including the location of the pavement and time and date of the mishap. This information was forwarded to City Hall.