Underutilised structures along the Brickfields’s part of the Sungai Klang riverbank under the River of Life project are now sheltering vagrants and druggies, prompting security measures by City Hall.
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Many facilities under the River of Life project in breakfast Kuala Lumpur are underutilized and their condition are deteriorating recent checks show that at least four structures and some public toilets along a three kilometer foot path along the sunlight clang River Bank stretching from the Central Market area to The Mid
Valley Shopping mall are being used by vagrants and truck addicts as sleeping Quarters at night originally secured and locked these facilities were forcibly opened and used as shelters by the homeless in a bit to prevent further encroachments City Hall has stationed security guards to protect these assets Around the Clock
At a structure near the Jalan Sultan sulama traffic light Junction no proper signage was installed and it was used by workers to store their brooms and sometimes used by the public to park their motorcycles the security guards say their job was to ensure no one sleeps there or damage the
Property and added that during the covid-19 pandemic homeless people used to sleep there there are also other structures designed as so-called guiding galleries for people to rest or seek information but joggers and cyclists say they rarely stopped by as they are not safe the River of Life project comprises 11
Precincts stretching from Titi Wang Sally Gardens in the north to Mid Valley in the South this includes a 10.7 kilometer stretch along the clang and gomba rivers and it was developed to support recreational activities along the rivers such as walking jogging cycling and picnicking since the launch of phase one of the
Project in August 2017 there has been no designated Ministry or agency to operate and maintain the sites City Hall said it was aware of the present state of the vandalized structures and added that the project implementation and building maintenance department will conduct repair works on the structures
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As always, maintenance is lacking. Budget utk maintenance mungkin ada tapi…..masuk poket kot
DBKL is the most useless
Mayor dan menteri berkenaaan x turun padang ke?. … PMX pun kena tengok2 sikit projek duit rakyat berbillion invested tapi hasil kelaut….
River of life project was announced by our top policitians under Najib and looks more like a money scamming project. When announced, it waS in the billions.
NO proper implementation or inadequate maintenance guidelines, after project are completed. DON’T blame media exposit these failures, they’re many Malaysian capable undertake these maintenance.
Kerajjan PH dap tiada cita cita dan masa depan. Kerajjaan pengotor. Rindu boossku. Pada zaman bossku semua faciliti kerajaan di jaga dgn baik dan teratur.
DBKL majority siapa🤭😂😂😂 Rasuah Dan Gaji buta tradisi terunggul.
River of Life ini kalau dijaga baik, selamat dan ada penambahbaikan untuk menarik tourist, akan menjana ekonomi, kalau dibiarkan akan tarik elemen negatif. Kerajaan perlu bertindak segera.
M'sia only good in slogan
Its a lifeline for contractors lah….macam la tak tau
Horrible i was there and seen it. DO SMTH PLS !
How much is this "Elephant" project?
😂😂😂😂
river of scams, all these self award self reward policy. everything is just a copy from plans bought of other nation. national car half owned by the self profess anti communist It self evolved into a COMMIE REBADGE, so nationalistic!
Inilah yang kite perlu harungi kerane KERAjaan Gagal 1.0 dan KERAjaan Gagal 2.0. Parti penipu negare dan parti penunggang agame yang memang tiade pisahnye dengan penipuan dan penunggangan agame!! Takbir!! HAHAHAHA
Its a part of SAKAU.
not security guard but police.
kahkahkah…sleepy walanon gomen…
put it in a different way, what other options do the homeless in KL have for shelter ?
Wake up Malaysian!!!……
Sayang
Not only government, but the officer of town planning and landscape should build useful amenities, not some tugu or monumen only. This happen when all the budget goes into own pocket
SPRM kena korek ke lubang cacing DBKL. Dah lama mereka bermaharalela. Dari Datuk Bandar ke pegawai haprak, siasat segera!!
Salah siapa……
Malu weiiii kalau pelancong tengok…rakyat bayar cukai tapi pihak berkenaan tak buat kerja. Shame…Shame…Shame…
This how our tax money was wasted.
Waste of public fund.. 🤪
Malaysia, endless possibility..
Did visit that place before … sour eye
As usual. DBKl sleeping on the job.
The state of Rivers of life is like malaysia in a nutshell right now. Very sad.
Kjaan madanon tak reti jaga negara. Benda dah elok habis barai. Jinx & suey.
Lousy narrator. Brickfields? Wrong. Footpath? Comeone Star. Sakit dengar.
The politicians did some corruption with the contractors, then the officers did nothing for maintenance possibly due to lack of fund. Money could have been diverted to do " other projects " to make others to get rich a bit. The areas around the once Bangkok Bank have become the street homeless and those who wait for free meals and street homes.
Maintainence of public asset should be part of the governent annual provision, building bylaw and govement budget, it should also be integrated as part of the public architecture , civil, planning and design just like any other advance countries like NZ , japan, australia and Singapore. Since maintainence will likely be long term post construction, it makes sense to incorporate the maintainence design concept as part of the design. why is this concept so difficult to grasp?