Submerged pontoons refloated after a week

March 10, 2017, Friday

Two of the pontoons have been refloated.

The gangway leading to the pontoon is no longer submerged because the tide is low.

The partially submerged gangway on March 1.

SIBU: Two of the three upstream pontoons at Kapit Wharf in Khoo Peng Loong Road that submerged last week were refloated yesterday.
This was disclosed by Sarawak Rivers Board (SRB) assistant controller (region two) Christopher Chan.

“The remaining one has severe leaks. SRB will look into removing the pontoon in due course.

“Our men are constantly monitoring the situation to ensure safety of the operation and the users,” he said when contacted, adding that operation at the wharf was not affected.

For the record, there are six pontoons at the Kapit Wharf here. Express boats plying the downriver routes, namely

Passin, Daro, Igan and Pulau Bruit are berthed at Kapit Wharf.
Chan added that age and the wear and tear over the years might be the causes of the pontoon sinking. Seepage of water into cracks of the pontoons was also a possibility.

He said SRB and Public Works Department (JKR) would be looking into a long-term solution to tackle the problem.

My comments:
When are they going to deal with this problem that is caused by the dams upstreams?   It is understood that when the water level of the dams have come to a height, they have to discharge the excess water.   When there are downpours upstream at the dams, that means there are a constant discharges of large, large, large voume.....of water.  When there are  constant deluges of  water at the dams, that means there are  constant discharge of large volume of water downstream.  The end results are that our houses, our farms, our schools, our roads, .......all serve as reservoirs for these deluges from the dams upstream.

Since the clearing of the lands for these purposes none of the areas in Sarawak is spared of this menace.  Our UMNO-BNised political thugs /clowns are still bluffing that only the BN government can provide us with a better future.

What kind of better future can you see or expect when we are threatened by ever bigger floods every now and then?   And I repeat our houses, our farms, our schools, our roads and whatsoever all are served as reservoirs to collect the excess water deluged from the dams upstream.  OUMN-BNised Sarawak government is planning to build 12 dams in Sarawak to damn us.  Bear in mind that our Bakun dam as one of the political thug boasted that it is as large the size as Singapore.  Imagine how large the volume of water to be discharged and how fast it is when there are downpours around the dams.