Another Day Another Flood

SHAH ALAM: As I feared it rained heavily today (June 14) and a small flood occurred. With Sungai Air Kuning (behind Mayang Sari next to the apartments) inundated with waters from Bukit Jelutong, Puncak Perdana and beyond.

It must be noted here that the Puncak Perdana area is a water catchment area and the Sungai Buloh Dam is located within the area.


My hypothesis (this is my opinion and not based on any in depth research) that all that rainwater (after all the land clearing) poured into drains that led into Sg Air Kuning and all of it culminate in this area).

The flood today was a small affair and the water had subsided by 6pm. But I believe TTDI Jaya will suffer major flooding if heavy rain occurred simultaneously in Puncak Perdana and Damansara as what happened in Feb 26, 2006.

If you got the time, please drive down to Bukit Jelutong area (underneath the highway) and you can see the huge retention pond, which is connected to the drain leading to the TUDM Golf Club.

The drain then become Sg Air Kuning next to the Bomba headquarters and the industrial area behind TTDI Jaya. This industrial area was part of the Rasak Estate owned by Guthries and has since been developed by Guthrie Properties.

Apart from the concrete culvert (just after the TUDM base junction if you are coming from TTDI Jaya), which is paid for by US, most of the industrial area have no concrete culvert just like the huge earth drain behind the two schools (see the video in the earlier post).

Since this is the monsoon season more heavy rain is expected. So be prepared.