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KUALA LUMPUR, February 21: EKVE Sdn Bhd has denied allegations that the cloudy water in Sungai Klang recently originated from the East Klang Valley Expressway (EKVE) project site.
The highway concessionaire in a statement said today that the project site where minor earthworks were taking place in a section of Sungai Ampang near the intake of the Ampang treatment plant was located 15 kilometers from Sungai Klang.
“That is too much for any silt flow, if any, from our project site in Sungai Ampang to affect water quality in Sungai Klang,” the statement said in response to media reports alleging that the EKVE construction project was the source of the river water pollution.
According to the highway concessionaire, the earthworks that were being carried out on the site were minimal since the highway was almost finished and the works at the project site were being carried out in strict accordance with the Erosion Control Plan and Sediments (PCAS) at all times.
“Selangor Department of the Environment (DOE) and Ampang Jaya City Council have made site visits to the project from time to time to ensure compliance with the PCAS.
“The Ampang treatment plant intake had not been closed when cloudy water flowed in Sungai Klang, indicating that there was only a very low level of water turbidity in Sungai Ampang near where the project site was located,” according to the statement.
The EKVE, covering a total length of 39.66km, is a two-lane toll highway between Bandar Sungai Long and Ukay Perdana, expected to be completed in July this year.
Bernama reported on Thursday that the Department of Irrigation and Drainage of the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur (WPKL DID) had identified the EKVE construction project as the source of the murky waters around the federal capital, including the River of Life project (ROL ).
Investigation conducted by WPKL DID on February 16 found that cloudy water began to flow from Sungai Ampang in Ampang Recreational Forest, Selangor, near the intake of the Ampang Treatment Plant before flowing into Sungai Klang, due to an uncontrolled clearing of the land.
According to Selangor DOE, the project is still under a work stoppage order that took effect on October 13 last year and the developer was barred from carrying out construction and earthmoving work until the order is lifted.
The department also said that only repair work on the river bank, slope stabilization and work to cover exposed slopes, as well as slope maintenance near Sungai Ampang that collapsed due to groundwater pressure, were allowed to be carried out. Called
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