GEORGE TOWN: The state government has blamed the federal government for not approving a RM350 million grant to mitigate Penang’s chronic flash flooding woes.
According to State Local Government and Flood Mitigation Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow, the local administration said federal agencies had delayed the completion of the flood mitigation project by not approving the funds.
"Phase two of the project undertaken by the state government has been stalled due to the failure of the federal government to grant fund approval.
"We have been bringing up the matter since 2008, but no allocation has been given by the federal authority," he said in a press statement today.
Chow urged the federal government to approve the allocation to ease the recurring flash floods.