BALING – The Rural Development Ministry will build new houses for 17 families who lost their homes in the floods and water surge in Kupang here on July 4.
Its minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said the houses would be built on 1.011ha of land owned by the Kedah Regional Development Authority (Keda) in Desa Keda Sadek, Kupang.
“We have identified two locations in the area for the construction of the houses. One of them is used by youth to play football while another location is a vacant plot.
“I have discussed with the ministry’s deputy secretary-general (development) (Mas Rizal Mohd Hilmi) and the Keda general manager (Datuk Kamarudin Abd Akib), and we have agreed to build houses for the flood victims on the vacant land,” he told reporters after visiting the land today.
He said the construction of 21 terraced houses, at an estimated cost of RM1.5 million, was for the families who lost their homes or whose houses were badly damaged and could no longer be inhabited due to the disaster.
However, Mahdzir said that the construction of the houses might take some time as it required planning permission from the local authority.
Meanwhile, he said the ministry had also held discussions with the Implementation Coordination Unit of the Prime Minister’s Department to expedite works to repair about 400 houses damaged by the floods. – Bernama, July 14, 2022
