PM orders immediate aid for Baling flood victims

Immediate task: A Works Department employee sawing away the logs which also destroyed a bridge in Kampung Iboi, Kupang, after heavy rain and floods.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Government is giving immediate aid totalling RM500,000 for the flood victims in Baling, Kedah, the Prime Minister has announced.

Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, who is in Turkiye for a four-day official visit, said this early aid was for the head of every household affected by the floods, comprising compassionate payment of RM1,000; basic necessities aid of RM2,500; electrical appliances aid of RM500 and for house repairs.