‘Put safety measures into place at construction sites’

Painful ordeal: The search and rescue operation by the Fire and Rescue Department is still ongoing while a survivor has been sent to hospital.

KLANG: All local councils in the state have been advised by the Selangor Disaster Management Unit to initiate necessary measures to prevent rain-related mishaps from occurring at construction sites.

The unit’s head Ahmad Fairuz Mohd Yusof said the local councils have been told to ask construction sites to install sufficient mitigation to prevent and counter landslides, debris flow and mud flood.