Smart Tunnel ... Not Smart At All..

On Thursday, the company announced the smart tunnel will closed for 2 days to prevent the flood from the storm water. Today, newspaper stated the open will be future delay due to the tunnel could not be discharged water into the river. the Smart Tunnel general manager Mohd Fuad Kamal Ariffin, the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) explained (more like make up story to us)

"The river is at a maximum level because of the heavy rain.

The water could not be pumped out to the storage pond in Taman Desa, which releases the water to the river,

So, the tunnel cannot be opened early and if there is another storm, we can only take in a limited volume of water.

Based on the Auditor-General’s report, the upgrading work should have been completed the same time as the tunnel.

The contractor was supposed to have finished the project in January this year.

But due to the late commencement of the work, the Drainage and Irrigation Department (JPS) has to use a temporary pump at the outfall of the river to overcome problems."

but Fuad forget what he said during his April 2008 announcement:

"With many misperceptions that SMART Tunnel would solve all flood problems, city folks have forgotten that the tunnel was built to handle 45% of the city’s water volume from the Klang River and Ampang River and not flash floods which are caused by clogged drainage system."

"The SMART Tunnel deals with flash floods caused by river overflowing. And it caters for the upper Sungei Klang and Sungei Ampang catchments, diverting 90% of the volume of floodwaters from Sungei Klang."

May I know what is he talking about??? The Smart Tunnel suppose to diverted the flood water and discharge the water to the river or handle the river overflow???