KUALA TERENGGANU: The Terengganu State Assembly was told today that the floods which hit the state last year caused losses of RM304 million.
State Health, Women, Family and Community Development Committee chairman Datuk Muhammad Pehimi Yusof said the losses involved destruction to residential buildings, amounting to RM2.1 million, and public properties.
He said based on records, the losses incurred by the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) was RM271,320, Health Department (RM315,700), Public Works Department (RM233.89 million), Drainage and Irrigation Department (RM12.9 million), Agriculture Department (RM2.9 million), Veterinary Service Department (RM4 million), Fisheries Department (RM1.6 million), district offices (RM9.4 million), local government authorities (RM10 million), Education Department (RM18 million), Syarikat Air Terengganu (RM7.9 million) and Telekom Malaysia Terengganu (RM296,000).
He said continuous measure were being made by the state government to face similar situation in future and they included implementation of flood mitigation projects and to ensure the people were always prepared for the eventuality of floods.
“So far, we have implemented 10 flood mitigation and drainage projects, involving an allocation of RM66.3 million, including the flood mitigation project at Baruh Tok Jiring, costing RM90 million.
“We are also able to include the Chukai-Kemaman Phase 2 flood mitigation project in the 11th Malaysia Plan with cost of more than RM300 million,” he said in response to an oral question from Datuk Sabri Mohd Noor (BN-Langkap).
Other measures taken by the government, he said was to ensure implementation of development projects would not affect water catchment areas.
In a related development, Muhammad Pehimi said the flood disaster awareness programme carried out by the Flood Disaster Committee in Kemaman received praises from the country’s leadership and would be made a model for other states. – Bernama
