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Sebahagian kontraktor yang dilantik Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) Kedah sedang menyusun batu-batu menggunakan jentera ekskavator bagi memperkukuhkan tebing sebelum memasang jambatan sementara yang dilakukan oleh 20 kakitangan dari Bahagian Jalan dan Cawangan Kerja Mekanikal, Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) Kedah,dibantu ten anggota Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM) di Kampung Iboi, Kupang. Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Kerja Raya Datuk Wan Ahmad Uzir Wan Sulaiman berkata jambatan keluli bermodular 'Sometime Bailey Span' itu mula dipasang petang semalam bagi memudahkan urusan penduduk di beberapa buah kampung yang sering menggunakan laluan tersebut.Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kemajuan dan Keselamatan Kampung Iboi Abu Hassan Samah, 62, berkata selepas jambatan asal musnah dalam kejadian kepala air pada Isnin lalu, penduduk antaranya dari Kampung Masjid Iboi, Kampung Bok Bak, Kampung Tanjung Luas dan Kampung Tanjung Nering perlu melalui jalan jauh dan memakan masa untuk keluar ke bandar. --fotoBERNAMA (2022) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

BALING, July 29 (Bernama) -- The recently-erected Bailey bridge over the Kupang river in Kampung Iboi may be unable to withstand a headwater surge bringing along rocks and uprooted trees similar to the July iv incident, it was stated today.

Works Ministry secretary-full general Datuk Wan Ahmad Uzir Wan Sulaiman said that as a precaution, the bridge would be temporarily closed if the river rose likewise high and the flow of water became swift.

A three-hour downpour from 2 pm yesterday acquired the river to rise above the level of the span and period swiftly likewise equally flood nearby settlements.

Wan Ahmad Uzir said a Public Works Section squad inspected the span and found that it was unaffected by the deluge of water.

"Still, part of the route leading to the bridge eroded and the bridge had to be airtight to allow for the road to be repaired," he told Bernama.

The modular steel bridge was built in Kampung Iboi to replace the original bridge that was washed away in the torrent of water on July 4 that claimed the lives of three people, one of them a pregnant adult female.

Wan Ahmad Uzir said the Department of Irrigation and Drainage had been deepening the Kupang river over the past calendar week to prevent the river from inundation into the nearby settlements.

Nevertheless, he said, the river became shallow once again apace due to the massive amount of silt flowing downstream.

Yesterday, 58 people from 19 families in Kampung Padang Empang were evacuated to a relief centre after their houses were flooded.

Source: http://ramadan.bernama.com/2022/news-en.php?id=2105336

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