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The aerial photos will cover the boundaries of the lakes and help residents determine the current lake area. The images will then be overlaid with the official maps of the lake available with the Revenue Department to calculate the total encroachment so far. Apart from highlighting encroachments, the initiative is also expected to spot polluted water entering through any of the inlets.

Locals say although the survey number on which the development is proposed is private property, any construction activity on the land will lead to flooding of houses and residential areas in the vicinity of the water body.

Locals say they have approached officials from the Minor Irrigation Department apartment for the revival of the water body, which has been receiving a lot of untreated industrial waste from the Jigani Industrial area. They also allege that a private layout is being set up on the buffer zone of the lake.

KUALA LUMPUR: An immediate allocation of RM2mil to assist hardcore poor students from the Indian community has been approved, says Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has approved an RM2mil allocation to assist hardcore poor students from the Indian community.

ANN/THE STAR – Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has approved an MYR2 million allocation to assist hardcore poor students from the Indian community. “I have also agreed with the proposal made earlier by the MIC president for MYR2 million for the hardcore poor Indian students to be included in the coming budget. […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 — The MIC (Malaysian Indian Congress) has proposed that the Malaysian Indian Community Transformation Unit (Mitra), now placed under the Ministry of National Unity, be returned to the Prime Minister’s Department. MIC president Tan Sri SA Vigneswaran also suggested that...