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Check with DBKL before fixing potholes, mayor tells volunteers

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The Mayor of Kuala Lumpur today asked a group of bikers, led by actor Azlan Sani Zawawi, who were going around repairing potholes in the city to refer with Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) before carrying out any voluntary repair works.

Datuk Seri Ahmad Phesal Talib (pic) said this was because the patching up of potholes is the sole responsibility of DBKL.

He said, in a statement, that it was not right for members of the public to carry out works that were under the local authority’s purview.

“This is DBKL's responsibility and it needs to be referred directly to them,” Phesal said, responding to The Rakyat Post's report last week on the bikers' effort to repair potholes in Taman Sri Rampai, Wangsa Maju and Wangsa Melawati.

The report said the group, known as Silaturrahim Brotherhood, conducted road repairs following a lack of response from local authorities.

To this, Phesal admitted that some DBKL contractors were not doing a good job, but insisted that it does not mean that people should take matters into their own hands and take over DBKL’s role.

“They still need to refer directly to DBKL. This is so that action can be taken,” he said.

“Some of the road surfaces can be damaged within a day or two after being repaired and this problem needs to be handled effectively, while some could have been damaged due to utility works that require monitoring.

“Repairing roads is costly and takes a long time to be done,” he said.

Phesal advised voluntary groups like the bikers association to channel complaints directly to DBKL instead of acting on their own to resolve such problems. – December 8, 2014.