Selangor MB says sorry for delay in giving out flood aid

PETALING JAYA: Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari has apologised for the delay in distributing the RM1,000 Bantuan Selangor Bangkit disaster aid.

He said there was a high number of applications from the Klang and Petaling districts, with many recipients yet to receive the assistance.

"First of all, I want to apologise to those who have applied and are eligible but have yet to receive the Bantuan Selangor Bangkit," he said in a statement posted on Twitter on Thursday (Feb 3).

The state government, he added, had seen a spike in applications especially in the two districts, with some duplicate applications by different family members within the same household.

"In total, we received 109,000 applications that required RM109mil allocation for Bantuan Selangor Bangkit," he said.

To avoid duplications and to ensure fairness and equality in the distribution of assistance to those affected, the state district office is in the final stages of vetting applications.

"The distribution of Bantuan Selangor Bangkit will be made as soon as possible and is expected to be completed by the end of this month," Amirudin said.

On another matter, he said post-flood clean-up work has been completed except in Taman Sri Muda.

"KDEB Waste is expediting the process and will be supported by community gotong-royong on a large scale on Sunday (Feb 6)," he said.