Environment ministry outlines low-cost, high-impact solutions to deal with floods

KUALA LUMPUR: To prepare for floods during the northeast monsoon season next month, the Environment and Water Ministry is taking short-term, low-cost yet high-impact solutions.

Its minister Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said this included drainage maintenance, deepening rivers and raising river banks to reduce the impact of floods while long-term solutions are concurrently being taken.