MUAR: A total of 85,134 tonnes of flood waste has been cleared in six states affected by the disaster as of Saturday (Jan 15), says Datuk Seri Dr Ismail Abd Muttalib.
The Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister said the clean-up works involving the states of Pahang, Melaka, Negri Sembilan, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor had reached 98% while Johor had achieved 90%.
He said on Saturday alone, a total of 438 tonnes of flood waste was cleared using 112 machines and 354 employees under the supervision of SWCorp (SWM Environment Sdn Bhd), Alam Flora Sdn Bhd and E-Idaman.
"A total of 48,589 tonnes of flood waste was cleared in Selangor; 34,100 tonnes in Pahang; 1,400 tonnes in Negri Sembilan; 630 tonnes in Kuala Lumpur and 139 tonnes in Melaka.
"Meanwhile, in Johor, a total of 275.63 tonnes of flood waste was cleaned up as of Saturday," he told reporters during the Post-Flood Mega Cleaning Operation in Johor at Kampung Baru Lenga near here Sunday (Jan 16).
According to Ismail, during the post-flood period, the ministry had spent a total of RM117.5mil for various rehabilitation programmes.
Among them were the rehabilitation of public facilities involving a cost of RM50mil and the "Rumah Kasih Keluarga Malaysia" initiative of RM50mil to repair and build new houses.
Apart from that, a total of RM12.5mil was allocated for flood waste clean-up operations involving local authorities, and another RM5mi for Disaster Basket Assistance.
"The ministry will also collect and update data, as there are several other relief centres still open and expects to increase the total allocation for this post-flood rehabilitation programme.
"The process of collecting and obtaining the latest data will also involve various parties such as district offices, local authorities and the Public Works Department," he said. - Bernama
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