MPK to use wooden piles in reinforcing drains behind houses

Azman (right) explaining to resident Serjeet Singh that the land status needs to be determined before the concrete drain behind the houses can be rebuilt.

WOODEN piles can be used as temporary reinforcement behind 18 houses at Lintang Besi in Taman Melawis, Klang where an eroded earth drain caused cracks to house walls and water seepage.

Klang Municipal Council (MPK) Engineering Department (road and bridges section) engineer Azman Wahid said it was a practical solution as an immediate short-term remedial measure while the council waited for the required approval and budget to build a concrete U-drain.