Mohd Rashidi (third from left) watching KDEB Waste Management workers clean up a drain in Taman Sri Muda, Shah Alam, ahead of the monsoon season. — Photo courtesy of MBSA
SHAH Alam City Council (MBSA) will be sending survival kits containing dry food, candles and a torchlight to residents in flood hotspots as part of its early preparations for the upcoming monsoon season.
“We have prepared 5,000 to 10,000 kits to be distributed in hotspots starting this week, particularly areas that were completely cut off during last year’s flood disaster.
“One location is Flat Taman Sri Lembayung (in Section 25),” said Shah Alam deputy mayor Mohd Rashidi Ruslan.
“MBSA will also be running a simulation on Wednesday (today) so that our rescue squad and support team will be better prepared should floods occur in Shah Alam.
“We have also added several life-saving boats and four-wheel drive vehicles to boost our assets and logistics,” he elaborated.
Mohd Rashidi said he, alongside a team from MBSA, Shah Alam police station and the Petaling district office held a dialogue with residents in Taman Sri Muda on Sunday to brief them on the authorities’ flood preparations and what the people should do during the evacuation process.
Selangor housing, urban well- being and entrepreneur development committee chairman Rodziah Ismail said some 700 temporary evacuation centres (PPS) had been identified across the state.
“Relief aid will be stored at several permanent PPS so it can be distributed quickly, compared to the previous approach where they were stored in the Petaling district office in Sungai Buloh,” she said.
Rodziah and Mohd Rashidi were speaking on the sidelines after the launch of Malaysia Urban Forum 2022 at MBSA Convention Centre in Shah Alam.
Selangor local government, public transportation and new village development committee chairman Ng Sze Han represented Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari.
The three-day forum, themed “Local Actions to Future-Proof Cities and Communities”, was organised by Urbanice Malaysia and the Housing and Local Government Ministry.
It served as a platform to discuss issues such as sustainable development and low-carbon cities as well as propose solutions.
Ng later said the state government wanted all 12 local councils to submit their voluntary local reviews (VLR) by 2030.
“To date, only MBSA and MBSJ (Subang Jaya City Council) have submitted their VLR.
“Other councils such as Klang and Sepang are preparing to submit their own versions, hence our target for all to submit by 2030,” he said.
Urbanice Malaysia chief executive Norliza Hashim explained that a VLR was a progress report by cities on their achievements towards meeting the United Nations’ sustainable development goals (SDG).
