DID Tuaran

The Administartive District of DID Tuaran is situated on the West Coast of the State of Sabah approximately 30 km to the North of Kota Kinabalu. It new office, completed in 1996 is located about 3 km from Tuaran town. The Administartive District of DID Tuaran covers an area of approximately 1165 km².

The Administartive District of DID Tuaran has 48 personnels headed by a Irrigation and drainage Engineer, Grade J3. The main duties carried out in the district are:-

• To plan and implement the Department's works in line with its policies and functions.

• To operate and maintain Irrigation Schemes. This include minor irrigation schemes planted by farmers with small areas in order to assist their product output. The Irrigation Schemes in the district are as follows:-

• DID Office Tuaran

  To operate and maintain major urban drainage system that includes major trunk drains. Secondary drains and drains that are in housing development are maintained by the local authority. Whereas road-side drains are maintained by the Public Works Department.

• To plan and implement river conservancy works. River conservancy is a very important traditional function of DID. Works carried out include removing debris from rivers that restrict the smooth flow, river dredging and straightening. On average the Administrative District of Tuaran conserve 146 numbers of rivers with a total length of 190 km every year.