KUALA TERENGGANU – The RM1,000 special cash assistance to each head of household affected by floods in Terengganu is expected to be distributed from January to February, said Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar.
He said 10,000 heads of households are expected to receive the aid, which aims to ease their burden.
“(The distribution) will take some time...maybe one or two months. We will manage it soon after we get the list of the victims,” he told reporters after opening the Terengganu Football Association’s annual congress here today.
Samsuri said the state government is now focusing on post-flood clean-up work to enable the affected victims to return home safely.
“The most important thing is that all the victims can return home. This week, our focus is on the cleaning work. Other needs will be reviewed by the respective village development and security committees, since not everyone has the same problem,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Rhu Rendang assemblyman said he would ask the federal government to speed up phase two of the Baroh Tok Jiring flood mitigation project to overcome the severe flooding problem in the Kuala Nerus area.
He said phase one, which had previously been implemented by the state government, also needs to be improved to deal with unexpected floods, like what happened last week.
“Based on the current situation, the old mitigation needs to be improved. Insya-Allah, the Public Works Department and Irrigation and Drainage Department will find a way to resolve this matter,” he added. – Bernama, December 26, 2022
