NIBONG TEBAL: The Ministry of Environment and Water (Kasa) is coordinating repairs across the space hit by the latest flash floods in Janda Baik, Bentong in Pahang.
Its Deputy Minister Datuk Mansor Othman stated the ministry was additionally figuring out the reason for the floods in addition to taking short- and long-term measures.
“Kasa secretary-general Datuk Seri Zaini Ujang has gone all the way down to the bottom (Janda Baik) to overview the place and coordinate restore and enchancment works, and we’re additionally figuring out the reason for the floods and taking speedy motion.
“It is being finished by our secretary-general along with the Pahang Drainage and Irrigation Department and different enforcement companies on the state stage. I imagine this swift motion will be capable of deal with the problem,” he stated after the Nibong Tebal parliamentary constituency Aidilfitri open home on the Jawi multipurpose corridor right here.
The celebration was additionally attended by Penang Governor Tun Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak and greater than 5,000 residents in the realm.
Yesterday, the Regent of Pahang, Tengku Mahkota Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah ordered the state authorities to work with Kasa to expedite repairs and deepen the river.
He additionally referred to as for quick implementation of the Sungai Bentong flood mitigation plan and the environmentally pleasant drainage grasp plan in Bentong, together with the development of a telemetry station, and flood warning station upstream of Janda Baik.
In the flash flood, 450 victims in 140 homes in Janda Baik have been shocked by a water surge that swamped homes and swept away properties, together with automobiles, into the river after heavy rain at 3am additionally triggered mudflow.
Meanwhile, Mansor, who can also be Nibong Tebal MP, stated Kasa via the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) was monitoring climate situations and would subject periodic warnings. – Bernama
