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hermmm it seems that this is just a typical flash flood…
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0Hmmm, insurance got special coverage or not???
Or they just simply reject blaiming natural disaster ???
Cant remember. Help anybody ???
1 0It should be called STUPID tunnel instead of SMART tunnel
1 0to idiots who laughed at the Thai not too long ago, it’s your turn now and probably it is only the beginning….
1 0Come on la, the SMART tunnel only divert the river from Ampang.
The river next to National Library is from Setapak.
Don’t be a genius only know to blame others!
1 0It still shows that the SMART project fail because did not consider this area, or divert this area in case of emergency .
My opinion, better expand LRT station rather than build MRT below the ground level in KL. The soil strata itself cause billion to strengthen due to its problematic lime stone underground and the land acquisition also need billion.. and MRT should be not a tunnel for flood diversion..
1 0consider the budget. if those tunnel involve the river from setapak, it may cost more. if this happen, then people will shout. then what those people in the G can do? sit comfortably of course la people angry, even do their job still people angry.
as for the MRT, though I think is inappropriate and out of topic, i agree with you that it shouldn’t be build. but may be it just me, because i don’t know what they know
1 0MRT is different issue, but you’ll have the idea why it’s needed if you look at the start and end of MRT line; Sg Buloh and Kajang. try driving from these area in the morning or go there in the afternoon during the rush hour.
1 0engineers only plan and design for specific task / need / requirements, which also depends on the budget and timeframe. if they design it to be used only for 1 river or for specific area, why should you blame it for a problem in another area? it’s like you’re saying PLUS highway is a failure because a massive jam still happening in Kuantan?
diverting the water to smart tunnel means water from other area would be channelled to the area which smart tunnel supposed to protect, putting the area into the risk of bigger flood. and what if the smart tunnel already being activated because the water level there are also increasing? go find a video about smart tunnel and look how much water they divert during heavy rainfall. to divert more water into the smart tunnel will put extra burden on the tunnel and jeopardizing the entire system.
1 0Sg.Bonus nothing to do with SMART tunnel. SMART tunnel already effectively divert Sg.Klang water to Desa Pond via Sg.Kerayong. Gov built the tunnel to cover high risk area. Last time Dang Wangi, Kompleks Wilayah area always flood because water from Sg.Klang. Go read the info at SMART tunnel website. Jangan main hantam saja, baca dulu la oii.
http://www.smarttunnel.com.my/pdf/smart%20flood%20mitigated%20area.pdf
0 0Then how many tunnels do we need to ensure KL is free of floods?
0 0This is a flash flood meaning the existing drainage system cannot cope with the rain. it worked well before but didn’t work on that day.
Something like asking car got ABS and airbag but why people still die from accident?
Sorry, stupid questions deserves stupid answers.
0 0There is a re-con car showroom opposite IJN I think.
0 0Flood every year in kelantan – one more project from PAS & PR
0 0Are you really sure it was “one more project” from PAS & PR?
0 0It shows this SMART mega project can be stupid and waste of money….
0 0If u’re not SMART enough to think, then don’t talk…………
0 0you stupid! read the fact 1st!!!!!
http://www.smarttunnel.com.my/pdf/smart%20flood%20mitigated%20area.pdf
0 0exactly like what paul mentioned. what happened to our mega SMART tunnel project? does it really perform up to expectation? we want new gov!
0 0If not because of OUR SMART TUNNEL, the water level would have Reach the Peak of our KLCC TWIN TOWER !! Smart Tunnel is the Best in the World !! Indeed we need MORE TUNNEL LIKE SMART!!!
0 0Smart tunnel is just waste of money, better use the money to clean up the longkang or drainage system around KL. Penang has done that, put in all the effort to clean up the clogged drain, the state municipal council has done a good job, Penang river was once the dirtiest river in Malaysia. They also take precaution action to trim the trees along the roadside to prevent unnecessary incident happen during heavy rain. Now, we dont see flash flood happen so often in Penang! Another thing, we dont use plastic bag anymore that partly contribute to flash flood.
Penangites has done something right! have you?
0 0Please bck up with facts..floods is a routine event in south east asia during monsoon..some of us actually lived through it..have you? Stop peddling ur cheap politics coz its not gonna solve the problems….the smart tunnel is theree for a reason and the past years we have seem the results..no flooding in the CBD.as far as i am conceremd this flood affected only a stretch of the the tun razak road.
0 0… err.. and 1 more thing… Penang is an island… surrounded by SEA… where all the freaking water go… SO, it has to be a really-really-really bad drainage system to get Penang flooded… whereas KL.. is in the middle of a valley… and got few meeting point of river in the city area… and the sea is far away… so.. maybe we can blame gomen on other side of thing.. let say.. EDUCATION level?… Other countries expert from all over the world say it a good solution… and here we are.. being very typical narrow minded Malaysian politician..
0 0oiii baca la oii baca la oii!!! don’t be so stupid la ooiii!!!
http://www.smarttunnel.com.my/pdf/smart%20flood%20mitigated%20area.pdf
0 0wait, gahmen already approve RM9billion for river beautifulcation for MRCB!
yeah no more flood soon I can drive my lowered Saga without worry yoh
0 0but gov used to tell us that flooding in KL will solve after SMART tunnel start operating..u forgot arrr??
0 0only cover certain area.
http://www.smarttunnel.com.my/pdf/smart%20flood%20mitigated%20area.pdf
0 0I dunno what to say lah, bayar smart tunnel RM2.00 ketika tiada hujan, bila hujan lebat….tunnel tu tutup terus especially after work hour mesti jam giler. Please doing something fast, Feds.
0 0That’s supposed to be SMART tunnel’s function. Tak ada hujan, use for traffic. Bila hujan lebat, turn it into water tunnel.
Please understand this and jangan la komplen2 sangat.
0 0goodness… kalau tak paham, don’t comment blindly and make urself look not so SMART la. read up first la pls…. or read iman’s or xibc’s posts above.
as said above, i think a lot of these idiots forget/dun understand the fact that u save a LOT of time with the SMART tunnel, instead of braving the jam. so i’m very happy as it offers another option for me. and for F’s sake, don’t complain about toll price. petrol price is always on the up, and time is money too. u make the choice.
i bet these hypocrites still use the SMART tunnel despite complaining.
0 0too much Moron Wannabe or Politic Hero in this forum…
Guys, leave your i pad or i phone behind, do read book or true article more!! read carefully how’s the SMART tunnel works…i will make a different whenever you are MORON or SMART
0 0dnt blame them la..i guess they got reason y it not really functioning today..myb they cant clear the traffic inside the tunnel..thngs happen unexpected lately..jz pray everything will b fine n better..
being +ve is good..peace no war…
0 0Those who’s voted for the current gomen u should know what to do next !!!
0 0Why all the complaint guys. You’ve forgotten to realized without the SMART tunnel KL could end up like Bangkok recently.
0 0yeah..
replace garbage with another garbage
#LOL
0 0Do your study before comment…….refer to http://www.smarttunnel.com.my/ for more info
0 0solution is a continuous effort….stop dumping Cigarette butts and toilet papers inside wash closet..and stop blaming others~
0 0due to clogged drain I assumed thus no blame on SMART. fail DBKL
0 0Stop Blaming the Government, Blame Yourself.
0 0YESSS…DO NOT BLAME GOVERNMENT, BLAME YOURSELF…DISIPLINE YOUSELF…DO NOT THROW RUBBISH EVERYWHERE…USE BRAIN..!
0 0everybody not SMART meh; live in the city but perangai tak reti nak berubah buang sampah merata… don’t be garbage distributors meh
even if government build super mega SMART tunnel around the city tapi perangai people live in the tak reti nak berubah pun tak guna.
we have enough garbage politicians out there please be more civilize living in the city and throw out own garbage at the right place.and for those garbage politicians, lets wait until next GE and we’ll do the clean up together
0 0Someone will say, if no SMART Tunnel, all area flooded already.
0 0paul missed this in the blog “drivers still need to pay even the road is floaded” :)
0 0Smart tunnel project the $$$ goes to respective bastards! They don’t care whether how bad is the flood! We want new gov!!!
0 0Go and get a new citizenship from another country so then u will get a new government.
0 0He can migrate to Egypt cos now they’re in the process to form new government, maybe he can become a Pharaoh there.
0 0Please re-phrase your comment. You should come up with facts to support your statement..
0 0live in KL but don’t know how the SMART tunnel works…pity…
0 0Smart is not so smart after all. Another epic failed projek by Barang Naik regime.
0 0Haii laa pandai……. Go watch the Discovery Channel SMART tunnel review… see, how is it work..
BTW, this project have been started since 2003 and officially open on 2007…I’m working at Bukit Bintang area, thankfully..this tunnel help us in so my years…
Pls..Pls..Pls… do read book more DSZ… leave your I-pad or I-phone behind… (Too much politi-king will drown u down dude…)
0 0This was exactly what happened 5 years ago when I parked my car and definitely ‘drowned’ my car at pekeliling area..the day to remember *sigh*
0 0http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/11/1/nation/9811427&sec=nation
the gov claims they are ready and prepared for the flood. so what have they done?
0 0Gov prepare to “TALK” and “EXPLAIN” if things happened. Since when we really prevent things from happening but always TALK after it happened.
0 0what have you done individually to face the flood anyway? still littering? buang sampah pun nak suruh government buangkan ke?
0 0you are a funny BN trooper! how you know that i am littering? heck i don’t even go down to KL area nowadays. use your brains b4 commenting otherwise ppl will think you are such a dumbass.
0 0typical BN mentality. attack others instead of addressing the issue at hand.
0 0What happened to the world’s largest and most expensive longkang (dumb tunnel)? Supposed to prevent flood wat? Can we now renamed the longkang to its correct name i.e. Dumb Tunnel?
0 0I know what to rename you judging from your comment… hint *fill in the blank “D_MB _SS”
0 0actually u dumb. not the tunnel.
http://www.smarttunnel.com.my/pdf/smart%20flood%20mitigated%20area.pdf
0 0strange thing though.. if the SMART tunnel were used today, it would be closed for at least 24 hours for clean up, but I got back from KLCC to Kajang using the SMART tunnel.. So I guess its not the tunnels fault? since it was not needed for the that part of KL flash flood. It could just be clogged up drain that could not cope with the excess water.
Just saying because the SMART tunnel was still use able just now
0 0Agreed. Those who wishes to comment should study properly about the demographics of KL before posting baseless shitty crap here.
Everyone should already know that the Smart Tunnel starts from Kampung Berembang near Jelatek (I mean, for the drain tunnel), which is already far away from the city centre, and ends at Taman Desa near Desa Waterpark, plus another entry near Kampung Pandan roundabout. If it rains cats and dogs and pigs in the city centre but at the same time not so heavy at any of the three entry points of the Smart Tunnel, then the tunnel won’t be flooded at all even if Jalan Tun Razak has already flooded. That’s what is known as the “micro climate”.
In a nutshell, there’s no use to blame the Smart Tunnel just because of some idiots out there who throws rubbish as they wish, clogging the rivers and drains in KL. It is those idiotic morons who are supposed to be thrown away into Klang river.
0 0I think Paul should only write about cars and not about a good enginering work. First of all Paul, do you ever know how the tunnel operates? Talk with fact.
0 0first time i heard paul tan being bash by visitor.. the moral value is : think before you do.
0 0In Paul’s defence, he did not even mention the word of “tunnel” in his post. All he did was to share the news to his beloved readers and raise awareness that KL is a very likely area to be hit by a flash flood. It is his readers who talked about tunnels and what not.
First of all, Anand do you know how a blog or forum works? Talk with fact.
0 0Dear Z,
In nobody’s defense, the article has been edited since it’s first published loh…
Just thought you should know =)
To Paul/Admin,
Maybe you guys can post another entry to explain how SMART Tunnel actually works?
Because, believe it or not, most commenters would rather read it here instead of visiting SMART Tunnel’s website…
0 0And secondly do you know how the tunnel operates
0 0Hi Idiots out there,
Here is what Japan is doing. Go figure!
http://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/24/japans-futuristic-underground-flood-tunnel/
Here is another view.
http://singaporerecalcitrant.blogspot.com/2010/08/mind-boggling-national-day-award.html
0 0Presenting “November Rain” in Singapore from the island where science & technology Vs nature:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1165021/1/.html
0 0Ayooo….u call people idiot easily…u must be really clever, is it? If you really like Japan and Singapore, go and stay there laa…
Mind your manners..
0 0I didn’t know you were one of the idiots, if i offended you, i humbly present my deepest and sincere apologies! ;)
0 0who are we to against GOD? u put 10 SMART also cannot win la, everything want to bash!! cakap pandai saja!! :D
0 0The rain is really heavy in the city today… SMART tunnel can’t cope with the volume of the water.. or maybe SMART tunnel it not for diverting the water from this area… maybe that’s why it’s flooded. It is what we call NATURAL DISASTER. It happens in a lot of other places… let say.. IN THE WORLD. Some comment made here really deserve some sort of stupidity award… Stop doing cheap politics (any parties) in this blog please..
0 0people take advantage..
blame others is fvret…
0 0you are the best politician talk..
if it dont rain, it wont flood. Period.
If the wind dont blow harder, the stadium wont fall..
you are totally politician logic man. Salute.
0 0It’s like blaming a crushed house for being made of cement and wood because it crumbles down after being hit by a F4 category tornado or hurricane.. Genius.. dude… google Natural Disaster… see anything comes up that you can read before posting anything stupid…
0 0I think it is due to the latter – Smart Tunnel only diverts the water from Kampung Berembang to Taman Desa. If it rains cats and dogs and pigs in the city centre but at the same time becomes sunny at Kampung Berembang and Taman Desa, then no water will be diverted from the city centre. It is a special micro climate case that has caused the city to be flooded but at the same time the tunnel can be used without even being closed.
0 0People always tend to link Penang to Politic. what’s wrong with u guys? I love Penang more now, it’s because of the living environment has been improved, it’s cleaner and no more flash flood often. That’s a fact! I dont mention any politic party that i support! So, dont be so political sensitive and always link Penang to certain party!
0 0Not only Penang is clean brother!! other place too…it is because of the Ministry introduces a 5 star rating to all the Municipal…you don’t do your job you got 1-3 star only….so everybody buckle up….Penang here Penang there..bla bla bla…..(sleep!)
0 0River too narrow to move water from the heavy down pour. Satelite view almost unable to see the river stream, can’t see the join between Sg Bunus and Sg Kelang also.
I wonder is it clocked with rubbish?
0 0Satelite view unable to see the Sg Bunus join with Kelang river, rubbish clogged?
0 0next time you throw rubbish in the longkang, think about it…
0 0I hope the ‘you’ word was not direct to me.
Thank God, I am civilized citizen, I don’t smoke, so no flicking off cigarette butt on the road. I kept my sweets wrapper until I see another bin around. I know the charity recycle bin is not for collecting rubbish. I know what colors of recycle bin to collect what items for recycle.
I have seen expensive cars stop at bridge and throw rubbish bag under. Thank God, I have not abuse or violate any of the above.
I know I guess most people have good intention with them, just that they felt they are alone all these while. Small steps make a big difference, are you feeling the same?
0 0Some of our people along with some immigrants and smokers need to learn to be civilized humans and stop the BL**DY LITTERING. And NEVER pour used cooking oil down the drains, it’ll also block the pipes/drains. Some other reasons including insufficient drainage systems I think that caused floods, which sometimes shouldn’t happen.
If it rains heavily for 2 days KL would be under water??? People would need to dive to get home……..
0 0Lu tanya Tuhan la, Dia kasi turun hujan. Bukan saya kalu.. :-)
0 0SMART is design to collect toll, not to collect water!
0 0lu bodoh! SMART tunnel is the lowest income toll operator in Malaysia. if they closed the tunnel they need almost 3 days to clean up back the tunnel before open for traffic. imagine if they close 3 days every week! lost income and the use money for maintenance.!
0 0sbb longkang sumer penuh dengan sampah, moralnya, dan sila sebarkan , jgn buang sampah dalam longkang mahupun merata rata,ajar melalui teladan, lead by example ppl
0 0TYPICAL MALAYSIAN PEOPLE…..WHEN THERE’S A DISASTER TAKING PLACE WE START POINTING FINGERS AT OTHER PEOPLE BUT OURSELVES…..NOT ENUFF WATER WE COMPLAIN….TOO MUCH WATER WE ALSO COMPLAIN….LEARN FROM THE JAPS HOW THEY COPED UP WITH THE RECENT TSUNAMI DISASTER…THEY’VE BEEN TESTED OVER N OVER AGAIN WITH ALL SORTS OF NATURAL CATASTROPHIES BUT THEY RISE AGAIN N AGAIN….BUT WE ARE ONLY TESTED WITH ONE SMALL MISHAP LIKE THAT FLASH FLOOD LOOK AT THE WAY MANY OF US REACT….
0 0Agree with u…but dont forget, responsible minister is dare to resign because of uncapable to solve the problem…Malaysian minister?? think…
0 0its a shame if because of the minister, then people lost control of language, behavior etc. it’s their attitude that we cannot control, but ours we can…
0 0Learn from jap on how to solve the problem…but not learn from how to accept the faulty…is there any minister who really do that in malaysia?
0 0Agree! that’s why Japan is 1st world country and 1 pro country on the world !
0 0the smart tunnel did its job. remember how KL was BEFORE the smart was made? The flooding that drowned hundreds of cars, created havoc, well the smart did its job in drying out the water from the city, but surely, there will still be flooding in certain areas due to low lying lands that we cannot do anything unless re-surface the whole capital! which means demolish buildings and reconstructing them.. and that is impossible.
Government is helping, flooding occurs, its part of nature. No technology can ever surpass the power of nature, but technology can HELP reduce the damage.
0 0cannot imagine if we were to hit by flood, inundated like thailand, what these kind of people would do instead of solving problems
0 0we should really stop cutting down our rainforest and flattening hills as this really impacted our rain schedual. I remembered how rain was following seasons, now, it doesnt.
Hills and mountains in the mid-peninsular helps cloud formation and precipitation near coastal regions, especially from north-east to south-east, which means precipitation at the face of high-ground. Now, when the hills are gone, it just mixes like a blender above us and precipitate randomly, resulting in constant unscheduled rain – thus floods.
people should stop moving around as much, this resulted in developers constantly building new residential developments for us to call our 2nd or 3rd home. If we stay in one place, and commute electrically (eg. ERL), government will see this fact and improve public infrastructure, and developers would re-consider flattening another hill.
0 0One more thing that I can see in smaller towns that are developing, houses, shophouses, buildings, roads and streets are built very close by each other. Every cm of land is utilised to build stuff. No consideration for green buffer zones.
In smaller towns/cities, this can be clearly seen because the development is at slower pace. What used to be secondary jungle five years ago is now populated by offices and shoplots and houses.
No need to talk about pedestrian walk-way or “kaki-lima”… almost non-existance. So, people tend to drive everywhere even for short trips… because it is so dangerous and tedious to walk: snatch thieves, alley dogs, stupid car drivers, mat rempit, potholes, lalang etc…
I would love to take a stroll, especially on the weekends, to get some newspapers and roti canai at the nearby shops. But the way cars are driven in my housing areas and the alley dogs (who are the owners?!!!) and there is no pedestrian walk-way anyway…. I have to walk by the road side!!! :(
Oh… such a crap. :(
0 0Agreed. Back then we used to know when is the time of the year that rains most beforehand so that we can plan holidays and even feasts. Now, every month also got thunderstorms and heavy rains like hell. Even if you check radar images from Meterological Department daily, the rainfall pattern in Klang Valley is now different from most places in Malaysia which already still predictable. It’s very easy to say that as “act of God”, but the blame is actually to us and not God.
We talk a lot about greenhouse effects and global warming but we do nothing rather than just talk shit only. We still drive solo even though it is already obvious that cars are major pollutants in KL and major contributors to global warming. When the government plans to build MRT, those so-called “rich” idiots oppose by saying crap like “the road to my house will be jammed” or something like that. When we see any bikers on the road, we simply label them as mat rempits even though they use bikes just for daily commuting to work place or to campus; mat rempits are actually a very tiny fraction among the bikers. In the end, God punishes us in cash for all our wrongdoings.
It is time for us to change our attitude, or else everyday will be rain acid in KL.
0 0planet earth is dynamic and ever changing
neither human behavior nor activities have impact on earth climate
earth climate is ultimately controlled by our sun and moon
human should adapt to earth climate and stop trying to be god.
0 0To put in another perspective, SMART is design for flood mitigation, but is built to collect toll? This is how SMART our cronies, using tax payer monies to part finance the tunnel but collect all the toll!
The idiots are those voters still voting this Barang Naik Gov every GE in and out!
0 0Banyak ckap pulak ekpatriat Vietnam nih !
0 0U can denied the facts or disagreed what the gomen design the Smart is not so clever after all!!
I can said majority projects by the gomen building or bridges always got all kind of issue like crack or building leaking !!
I don know how the hell the contractor get the gomen projects!!!
No transparency at all l!!!
0 0Kelantan got flooded every year… maybe we can also start to vote other parties there also… Japan also should change their government every single month.. cause there’s frequent earthquake there… build high sensor, wall… people still die from tsunami… same like in the U.S.. got flood, hurricane.. maybe their gomen also should change every freaking year… aaa… how about Thailand… also change la.. cause also flooded… Stupid mentality… some things have valid reason to blame… but some others were really just showing how shallow and dumb Malaysian politics can be…
0 0Are you sure to topple the current gov. can soft the problem????. LOL
0 0have you not heard of sarcasm before.. look it up..
0 0Hey smar ass…u have a choice not to use smart tunnel…if you go thru the smat tunnel and paid the toll its your fucking problem….everything that the government build is waste..go live in the jungle la?stop peddlng ur political garbage..
Singaporr orchard road got flooded ..and u dun see the givernment got changed rite and the circumstances we even worse as the drainage in singapore we never expanded to accommodate the tapid high ris development and overspill frpm the marina barge..another white elephany project.
The smart tunnel has mitigated floods in KL and we have so far mot heard of floods in the CBD which was an annual affair.as for yesterdays floods, we need the dbkl and the authoritoes tell us what happened……when we saw the flods in bangkok..surely we all expected to have a certain degree of flods around malaysiaespecially low lying areas like KL…
0 0The idiot is u….what people vote is their personal right….you are the biggest idiot here
0 0will u pls shut up? next time ur house collapse also want to blame others. go to political blog pls.
0 0An idiotic moron is always an idiotic moron. Tunnels are very expensive, especially in cities, you asshole! Even to build it underground also need to pay the land owners. That’s another reason why this tunnel costs billions of ringgit.
Another thing, toll highways including the Smart tunnel are not constructed by using the taxpayers’ money. If the government use the taxpayers’ money to build highways, then there will be no more allocation for any other development priorities especially, education and health. That’s why those highways are tolled. Look at those so-called “free” highways overseas, their governments have to raise the petrol tax kaw2 to fund those highways. So it’s just the same anyways.
0 0It rained heavily here in part of UK today and there was a couple of serious Flash flood in several roads in the area that I live that makes road impassable to cars. Who should UK citizens blame? Clogged Drains? Not having a good stormwater drain network? Corrupt Government?
Remember the Hailstones and fallen trees few weeks ago in subang jaya? Who you people going to blame for that? MPSJ for not trimming the trees? It is ACT OF NATURE / GOD. PLEASE grow up and stop putting the blame on the government. The weather been really bad these days due to Climate Change. Even you have perfect stormwater drainage system, nothing can stop a freak weather.
Even if a country have good buffer towards natural disaster like very good drainage system
0 0Oh come on! UK building and drainage system are not design to handle such amount of rain water because the country doesnt have tropical climate like us ok?
BUT, do you know,instead of doing proper drainage,building in the UK are to within heavy amount of snowfall because it will clog and add burden the roof in every building,in simple,their building are design to withstand heavy snowfall every winter because they have climate and weather like this!
Imagine this,a country who knows their their weather and climate like malaysia,we paid the Meteorological every year thru tax to give them facility to undergo sampling of rain and forecasting every year for what? It suppose to give estimation of rain forecast from year to year and to advice what the country should do to improve their drainage.
AND what we get? A capital city center that will flood or clog ON EVERY single rain just to live up to our city name KUALA LUMPUR?
0 0You didn’t get my point it seems.
First of all yes UK is not designed to handle rain like Malaysia, BUT DID I MENTIONED ANYWHERE that it rained like Malaysia yesterday in UK? It Rained Yesterday in parts of UK in the sense that they consider as heavy and some roads get flooded. My point is the weather been really violent lately. Open your eyes and start seeing around the world. Places that aren’t suppose to flood, are flooding, rarely have snow, are now having heavy snowfall, cold countries are getting warmer.
Do you see Jalan Tun Razak Flood badly everytime it Rains? No right? It’s only yesterday it flooded so badly and people like you, only know to blame others instead of looking it from a broader perspective.
Ofcourse, changes need to be done, but in any country, how can a Government (Even first world countries) thru various means, know for sure to what extend the rain will be for tomorrow or next month? Improvement takes time (months and years), and usually things happen beyond expectation rather rapidly. Do you think Japanese Government foresee a 9 Richter scale Earthquake to happen?
0 0No,u dont get my point instead.
UK drainage doesnt design to handle water volume like what it should be in malaysia but what they did is they design to handle wild weather like snow because it will clog up the roof and the roof will collapse if too heavy volume of snow the roof. now the problem is,people in the country can adapt to survive and learn from their mistake to build a better system to cope with it.why cant we?
That is what Meteorological Department do all the time,giving forecast of the rain volume in the country,providing every council like DBKL how they should build a better drainage system to cope with all the weather changes.well if they cant do their work,who else is any better than them do it ?
Japanese knew they are on the earthquake ring,they produce a series of building code and regulation,giving earthquake drill to children since school time and they build their building just to withstand earthquake,just because it happens always and they keep on improving time to time.why cant we?
If you ask me,not just Jalan Tun Razak get flooded all the time,is everywhere get flooded all the time even some housing area.u try driving around in KL during the rain,u can easily see all this drainage are too shallow to handle all this rain,20 min of rain and that’s it,flooded.
Now,Malaysia Instead of a producing a good city planning,is producing a people like u,who just say is god’s fault that all this crappy weather going on and we not going to improve the situation but just stand and blame the god for it like what your idol samy vellu does when 31 out of 33 pillar of MRR2 unsafe for vehicle and posing danger,parliament roof leaking after heavy rain and he just say, is “global warming”.
0 0DBKL sepatutnya inspect semua longkang dari masa ke semasa terutama sebelum musim hujan. Dan setuju…sampah yg meyebabkan banjir kilat.
0 0u guys live in urban cities, cutting down the trees… this is what u get!!! padan muka hahahahahahahaha!!!
0 0Pity for those with emergency heart problem. Can’t reach the IJN in time due to traffic-jam caused by flood. Hope Datuk Bandar KL and Minister of Federal Territories will look into this matter seriously. May be this time, no one get hurts. Who knows, next time, may be Datuk Bandar or the minister himself stuck in the traffic on the way to IJN….
0 0This is the 2nd time it happened right. Did the gov learn & did something to possibly lessen the effects of this heavy rain..? We deserve some explanation from them
0 0its the climate change, genius.. its happen anywhere..
0 0Eventhough I am anti-BN and a PR supporter, this is not really the fault of SMART. SMART has done a lot to avoid flood in KL, but SMART is not GOD ok. It cannot divert flood water from ALL OF KL. Only certain areas where it is designated. You can check the SMART map if you want to know. I can’t believe the amount of moronic comments here by people with no ideas…..due to inconsiderate people (most likely some of the morons here) who simply dumps garbage everywhere and the global warming, climates are changing and flood is happening everywhere in the world. If you think one SMART tunnel can solve all the issues….then you are really DUMB.
And yeah, i still support PR. But don’t simply play the blame game or you’re no better than rotten politicians.
0 0this coz so many pkr’s morron supporter throw the rubish..who’s else living in kl area if not majority of dap/pas/pkr’s morron follower.hahahahaha…
0 0i think too many ppl laughing at other countries flooding….so now we kena ^^
0 0Weird and weird..
Hari tu..kajang metro banjir teruk..and area UITM pun banjir. And nobody blame kerajaan negeri selangor for that. Ohh..typical basher.
0 0maybe because paultan didn’t write about the Kajang flood? hehehe
0 0They did the bashing in Malaysian Insider by saying that the flood was because of PR government
0 0ni sure ramai kaki pkr/dap/pas kat dlm ni…statement berunsurkan politik murahan..hahaha….nway..before u all make any bold statement..do some reading la fren…n in god we trust..there must be a reason y this happen lah….
0 0Better use 4WD in KL……..Don’t lowered the car !
0 0Hi , read thousands of comments about SMART. by the way , can somebody who experience great jam yesterday share some info, how long u take to go home ? How serious is it ? I always take that road. Pls don’t scold Paul as he is just express his own comments only
0 0Why blame Smart tunnel? it is caused by Sungai Bunus overflow. Haiya! Why not blame smart tunnel when flood in Kajang few days ago???
0 0The existing SMART tunnel does not cover WHOLE of Kuala Lumpur… I presume more to be build in the future.
If you think of who to be blamed in this incidence… the CITIZENS should be on top of the list! Like old Malay sayings… “tuding satu jari pada orang lain, lagi empat jari tertuding pada diri sendiri”!
Motorists throwing rubbish during driving/ traffic stops is still a common sight in KL. This very bad habit is done by the adults, and the children at the back of the car learn from it and eventually accept it as a norm… Thus “Takpe buang sampah keluar dari cermin kereta, nanti DBKL datang sapu” culture continues….
0 0Nothing to do with SMART.. If you look at google map.. you will see that Sg Bunus flows next to the library..
It somehow disappears about 1 km downriver…
?????
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0 0i shall abandon my Alfa Romeo 159 project.. shud get a 4X4 instead
0 0With banjir like that, even 4×4 pun tenggelam
0 0foolish Pakatan Rakyat supporters!
BN (UMNO) will win two third in the next general election due to the persistent bullshitting done by kapal sink, nuar berahi, lim kluang men, and last but not least, nik ajis.
and there is nothing you can do about it except typing your dumb comments in some insignificant websites!
poor Pakatan Rubbish!
0 0Paultan.. since the blaming on the innocent SMART tunnel is getting stupid… and since u decided to put on an article about the flood in Jln Tun Razak.. I would really appreciate it if u can do some good deeds by publishing an article explaining to the morons about SMART tunnel, how it works and area covered by it… looks like some ppl here are lazy to read and find the own info that they started to blame sumthing thats has nuthing to do with the flood…
0 0This is automotive blog… as usual, there is ‘basher’ and they bash like usual as they bash our 1st automotive car manufacturer..
0 0or maybe paultan one of the dap/pkr/pas’s follower?perhaps not..hahahaha
0 0when KL flooded.. everybody wants to blame BN.. kelantan flooded, no one blame PAS/PR..
0 0its just good DBKL have a plan to improve the situation since its becoming an annual event. Smart tunnel didn’t come as a project by DBKL. but DBKL got to find a way to improve and prevent more flooding.
however it need the people help too. I seldom back to Malaysia now but last month when I was at KL, I still see some ill behavior….someone driving an Accord, stop by monsoon drain and throw his bag of goodies into the drain. It might not be everyone but sikit sikit jadi bukit.
Yes we can’t 100% blame Gov but still gov need to act to spend more on controlling the situation as its the Capital. some community at the same time need to learn and improve their behavior.
0 0btw who knows will DID next action.
they might just propose some MINI smart tunnel. Its ok as long as cost is effective and flood get improved.
but still….making sure people don’t simple throw rubbish into river and clogging it is needed. Worst case is just fence up all the river. Look ugly but at least can help….in a way.
Saw this is what Beijing did at some of their water channel to send water to treatment plant since people still need a long way to improve and the strong wind during winter/ spring like to kick rubbish near by into the channel
0 0a new govt can handle this problem? you think they can.hopefully.but dont get any surprise if they cant do nothing.
0 0can we have some reviews for malaysian made sampan or motor boat? maybe it’s time to get one if klang valley becomes klang lake soon…
0 0Terrible…
Lucky im not use that road that day…
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Comments largely emphasize that the flood was caused by heavy rain exceeding drainage capacity and improper waste disposal clogging rivers and drains, including rubbish dumping and littering habits. Many highlight that the SMART tunnel was not designed to handle all flood scenarios but instead diverts water from specific areas. Some commenters defend the tunnel as an effective flood mitigation measure, pointing out that floods in other parts of Kuala Lumpur or other countries are due to factors beyond technology or design failure. There is a mix of blame placed on government infrastructure, citizen behavior, and climate change, with some political debates and accusations of mismanagement. Overall, sentiments show frustration with recurring floods, calls for better urban planning, and a need for more responsible community actions rather than sole reliance on infrastructure.