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SELANGOR

Upgrading the drainage system solve flood issue

BY SYAZWANI SUFIAN

KLANG, 25 SEPT: The flash floods over several areas in Klang will now end when the Package One Works Upgrading of the Drainage System on the Binjai River, at Meru is fully completed.

Infrastructure, Public Amenities, Agricultural Modernisation and Agro-Based Industries Exco, Zaidy Abdul Talib said two more packages of upgrading the drainage system are still in progress.

“Upon completion of this package one, we conclude that the floods issue experienced by the people of Meru have been overcome.

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“While the packages two have started since April 13 last year with an allocation of over RM16 million and are expected to be completed by December with a 20-month contract period,” he said.

He said this when visiting the site of upgrading works to overcome the floods in Persiaran Hamzah Alang, Meru, recently.

Package one was executed on January 14, 2015 and was fully completed on January 13, 2016 for 52 weeks with an allocation of over RM10 million.

“Among the scope of work successfully completed were the excavation work to deepen and widen the 6.9km long binjai river, as well as constructing 1.5km long flood mitigation at 10m width.

“We have also been working on breaking down and replacing 26 bridges along 1.5km,” he said.

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SELANGOR

Flood victims in Kuala Selangor rise

BY NORHAYATI UMOR

KUALA SELANGOR, SEP 4: Flood victims in Kampung Seri Sentosa rose from 33 to 45 people last night.

A spokesperson for the Selangor Fire and Rescue Department (BOMBA) said, as of 9.45 last night, all victims from 14 families have been relocated to a temporary shelter at Surau Ladang Tuan Mee.

“All victims have been evacuated when their homes were flooded as high as 0.3 to 1.5 metres due to heavy rain since 4 a.m. (yesterday),” he said.

The evacuation was done by BOMBA, Royal Malaysian Police, Civil Defense Force and Social Welfare Department.

Meanwhile, the Malaysian Meteorological Department reported heavy rain and thunderstorm and strong wind warning, until late Monday, for Kedah, Penang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Malacca and Sarawak.

That can cause strong wind up to 50 kmph and rough seas with waves as high as 3.5 metres (11 feet) and dangerous to small boats.

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GLOBAL

Lebih 750 terkorban banjir landa Asia Selatan

NEW DELHI 22 OGOS: Banjir besar melanda rantau Asia Selatan menyebabkan lebih 750 orang terkorban serta mengakibatkan beratus-ratus ekor haiwan liar termasuk badak sumbu dan harimau.

Angka korban melibatkan manusia meningkat di India, Nepal dan Bangladesh selepas hujan lebat turun sejak 10 Ogos lalu semasa musim tengkujuh melanda utara dan timur rantau itu, lapor Agensi Berita Antarabangsa AFP.

Seorang pegawai pengurusan bencana tempatan berkata, hampir 50 mayat ditemui dalam tempoh 24 jam di Bihar, timur India, menjadikan jumlah kematian di negeri itu meningkat kepada 253 orang.

Di Nepal, seramai 143 orang terkorban dan 30 lagi masih hilang selepas banjir memusnahkan hampir 80,000 kediaman di negara itu.

Hujan lebat turut mengakibatkan hidupan liar di India mati termasuk di Taman Negara Kaziranga.

Tempat perlindungan haiwan liar di negeri Assam, timur laut India itu yang menempatkan populasi badak sumbu tunggal terbesar di dunia di samping spesies terancam lain, terjejas te­ruk akibat banjir kali ini.

“Pasukan kami menemui 225 bangkai haiwan sejak 12 Ogos lalu, 15 daripada­nya badak sumbu.

“Seekor harimau Benggala turut mati akibat banjir. Kami juga menemui hampir 200 bangkai rusa, empat anak gajah, dua kerbau air dan seekor landak di Kaziranga,” kata pengarah taman negara berkenaan, Satyendra Singh.

Di negeri Assam dan Bengal Barat pula, 122 orang telah terkorban, manakala 69 mangsa maut di negeri Uttar Pradesh.

Sementara itu di negara jiran India, Bangladesh, seramai 115 orang terkorban dan 5.7 juta penduduk terjejas akibat banjir.

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SELANGOR

Number of Hulu Langat flood victims drop

BY SYAZWANI SUFIAN

SHAH ALAM, JUNE 19: As at 10 o’clock this morning, the number of flood victims in Hulu Langat is 358 people from 87 families.

The number has dropped from 440 people from 111 families yesterday, when water has been receding and victims are starting to go home.

Four evacuation centres, Dewan Wanita Kg Bestari Sg Michu, SK Sungai Serai, Dewan Orang Ramai Taman Seri Nanding and Kompleks Penghulu Batu 10, were opened to house all the victims.

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Earlier, 90 people were reportedly trapped in the flood that happened in Sungai Serai, Batu 14 and Kampung Dusun Tua due to heavy rain since 2 p.m. last June 17.

Bomba Operations Commander, Mohd Syafiq Ramli said, heavy non-stop raining in Hulu Langat since yesterday evening has caused several areas to flood.

“Sungai Serai is the area that is most flooded with water level exceeding one metre.

“So far, there are 167 people from 37 families are involved in Kampung Sungai Serai,” he said when met by SelangorKini at Batu 14 Police Station, Hulu Langat, yesterday.

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SELANGOR

RM80 mil allocated for flood mitigation measures

BY: HAFIZAN TAIB

PUCHONG, JUL 19: The Selangor Government has intensified its development programmes to overcome flood issues in the state for the past two years.

 

Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali said that the programmes and efforts included the retention ponds managed by the Selangor Irrigation and Drainage Department (JPS).

“We took the initiative two years ago to determine who would be responsible for the retention ponds, whether it would be JPS or the local authorities.

“The State Government decided that JPS needed to manage the ponds and we allocated RM80 million for upgrading and maintenance purposes,” he told the media.

Mohamed Azmin also touched on the occurrence of floods in Shah Alam and Klang recently, saying that JPS has begun work but it would definitely not be completed in such a short time.

“Work, however, has completed in some areas while work in other areas are ongoing.

“Still, we do not want the flooding to repeat because it would disrupt the economy,” he said.

He added that there were more than 300 retention ponds in Selangor and the decision to hand over the management to JPS was made after his appointment as Menteri Besar in 2014.