TEMERLOH: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has decreed that stilt-house design be made an instance for future building of homes close to a river.
He mentioned elevating homes on stilts was additionally one of many security measures for the residents within the occasion of flooding or river overflowing.
“It (stilt homes) will likely be safer for the residents within the occasion of floods.
“So, any building of homes close to the Pahang river, for instance, ought to consider the peak (of flood-level estimates) and ought to be an instance to different homes alongside the riverbanks.”
Sultan Abdullah mentioned this to reporters after a briefing by Pahang Public Works Division director Ir Hafizah Zakaria at Yayasan Al-Sultan Abdullah (YASA) in Kampung Lompat right here Thursday (Nov 18).
Additionally current was Tengku Arif Bendahara Tengku Muhammad Iskandar Ri’ayatuddin Shah. – Bernama
