Photo credit: Kenneth Kiffer / Foter / CC BY-NC
There has not been a lot of press coverage about the River of Life project. This project, which is part of the government’s Economic Transformation Programme, aims to transform the river, which is currently more of giant drain, into a vibrant waterfront development. The first step is to clean up the river and then construct some waterfront and lifestyle developments along the 11 kilometres of the river that run through Kuala Lumpur
The first stage is critical, as it involves not just cleaning up a very polluted river, but also preventing people from continuing to regard it as a place to dump waste. The river has become not just a depository for people’s rubbish, but also for sludge, waste, and oil. A key requirement is strict enforcement of the laws, so that eventually the river can support marine life.
According to the Federal Territories Minister, the River of Life project is slightly behind target, having reached 14% of its target against a planned 17% at this stage.
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Wow. Could be fabulous…can Malaysia do it?
Really look forward to this beauty…if seoul could do it with much much worse filthy river then..surely KL can do better…but i wonder how the hundreds of immigrant workers at night time gathering at the ” river esplanade ” by the old sgor mansion building going to treat this “river of live” ..dbkl should check on them in the evening…u can see rubbish strewn all over the river banks…sigh
Plse enlighten us on the 14% completed job so far ..
It’s ever ready for FLASH FLOOD WITHIN 2 hours ???
Rubbish are all from the upstream la.
Naai its a real river :p
The river side in Malacca now looks lovely with all the murals on the old buildings.
Great vision .. but please ..transform the mentality first to succeed!
It’s about time! All the rivers need a huge clean up. It’s always been one of the bug bears I’ve had living here in KL.
Would be nice if we had clean air in KL also
Good. We need to work on rain water harvesting also
yea its time you guys stop pissing on the river 🙂
Do they have the same determination as the city of Seoul where it took them years to transform a filthy stinking river into a crystal clear water running river ?
so exciting
upstream??? i know…
dead cats and rats what river of life
I sure ah? This river has a bloody history
No need to look West for an example. Two words: Downtown Seoul.
Irra Seh
river of life or river of flood ?? !!
The Riverside project from 95 never got underway because the parties that obtained the pekeliling n sentul flats parcels could not raise the billions to start building….till now.
good luck!
About time! Ha ha.
Also they should look into what Melbourne did with our dirty river …!!!!
Pls be sure to place more bins by the riverside so that rubbish doesn’t clog up the river again & chk the pollution level from upstream after all the money & effort is being spent.
wow I love to settle there
wow
Should look into what San Antonio Texas did with their river. And also providence Rhode Island. Gondolas, restaurants, river fires, music … many tourists
Agreed. San Antonio River Walk is great.