No more blackouts, residents assured
Malay Mail 20/9/2005 By NAJIAH NAJIB
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20

Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) has promised residents of Sri Petaling, Salak South Garden, Kampung Malaysia and Taman Sri Endah that their nightmare of frequent power failures will soon be over.

Kuala Lumpur TNB (Selatan) area manager Zubir Hashim told the residents that TNB is spending RM6 million to improve supply in the area.

About RM5 million is for the installation of a new substation in Taman Sri Endah and another RM974,000 is to lay new cables from the existing substation in Perkampungan Sukan.

The new substation will supplement the existing substations in Salak South, Berjaya Golf in Bukit Jalil and Selangor Turf Club in Sungai Besi to cater to the four areas.

The meeting, which was held at the TNB office in Jalan Klang Lama, was arranged after the residents complained of frequent power failures in the past five weeks, especially in the mornings.

At that meeting, Zubir explained that the reasons for the power failures.

"To rectify the problem, we’ve placed at least five temporary mobile generator sets to cater to the increasing demand for power supply from the affected areas, at least until the installation of new cables from the substation in Perkampungan Sukan is completed on Sept 26," he said.

"We will also install a new substation in Taman Sri Endah. The project will start as soon as we receive approval from City Hall, which should be very soon," he said.

Zubir said the new substation will support future growth in the four residential areas.

Also present yesterday were Commercial Affairs assistant manager Khairul Hisham Ahmad and KL Selatan planning and project engineer Shah Nawaz Asan Gany.

KL Selatan residents were represented by Rukun Tetangga Taman Sri Endah Fasa 2 chairman Len Nyok Chong, Chuah Hun Leong, Tan Tian Meng and Lee Wong Chai.