Govt to rebuild 10 houses swept away by flood in hardest-hit Kg Sugud
Published on: Tuesday, September 21, 2021
By: Bernama
Kampung Tampasak Sugud resident Hendry Bisius, 44, inspects a car swept away by the Sept 15, 2021 flash flood. (Photo: Bernama)
Kota Kinabalu: Even as the authorities have gone down to the ground to look into providing relief for the flood-hit villagers in Penampang, a warning has been issued for Sabah and Labuan folk to brace for bad weather offshore.
Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Hajiji Noor went to the flood-affected areas of Penampang, including the worst-hit Kampung Sugud, and assured the 937 flood victims the Sabah government will provide RM1,000 to each family and rebuild the 10 houses that the floods had washed away.
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He also said that the state government will provide the tools the villagers will need to do the cleaning up and repairs.
“We will provide aid to all these people who have been severely affected,” he told reporters after looking at the flood damage in Kampung Sugud.
Hajiji said the state government will work with various quarters, including the Malaysian Armed Forces, police, People’s Volunteer Corps and Fire & Rescue Department as well as NGOs, to repair the damage caused by the floods.
He also said that for the short term, the Drainage and Irrigation Department has been instructed to clear the rivers and ditches identified to be the cause of the floods.
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“For the long term, the government is deepening the rivers. Two such projects are ongoing and one more will be carried out in the future. Then, we will no longer have severe floods in Penampang,” he said.
Meanwhile, Sabah and Labuan director of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Datuk Mohd Rosli Abdullah advised the maritime community to take extra safety precautions before venturing out to sea, saying the weather offshore was bad as the North-East Monsoon is expected to set in next month.
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“The maritime community is reminded to be wary of changes in the weather. They must also equip themselves with safety jackets, carry with them the personal locator beacon and inform their families and friends of their destination.
Mohd Rosli said that in the first nine months of this year, the Maritime Rescue Sub Centre in Kota Kinabalu recorded 36 search and rescue operations for 114 people reported missing in the state’s waters.
Ninety-four of these people were rescued, 11 of them were found dead and nine remain missing, he said.
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