SEREMBAN – The Negri Sembilan government has channelled about RM6.2 million to 6,186 families affected by the floods from the end of last year to March this year, said Negri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun.
He said the lists of victims involved were confirmed by the district-level disaster committee and channelled through state assembly service centres in the affected areas.
“Apart from the Bantuan Ihsan Banjir aid of RM1,000 to each family, the state government also provides other assistance, including exemptions for land title reprint fees and lost title registration fees.
“RM1 million has been allocated to repair houses and infrastructure, RM5 million to emergency repairs of damaged roads and bridges, and RM700,000 to assistance for basic needs such as clothing and food,” he said at the state assembly sitting here today.
He said this in his reply to a question from Anthony Loke (Chennah-PH) who wanted to know the steps the state government has taken and is taking in recovering from the massive floods that hit Negri Sembilan in December last year.
Apart from that, Aminuddin said the state government had also spent RM300,000 for clean-up work in the four districts affected by the floods, as well as post-flood rehabilitation steps in six districts, including the communal cleaning and rehabilitation of these areas.
Meanwhile, state Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Action Committee chairman Datuk Bakri Sawir said 491 agrofood entrepreneurs in the state were affected by the floods from December 2020 up to January this year.
He said of the total, 239 individuals were from the crops sector, while 141 were in livestock and 111 in aquaculture.
Bakri said the state government had channelled RM1,000 each to all agrofood entrepreneurs through state assembly service centres and their respective area coordinators.
He was replying to questions from Datuk Seri Awaluddin Said (Kota-BN) and Datuk Mohd Isam Mohd Isa (Gemencheh-BN) who wanted to know the number of agrofood entrepreneurs affected by the floods and the type of assistance provided to these individuals. – Bernama, April 19, 2022
