Villagers give up cars and bikes for boats


Water woes: A villager paddling his boat as he goes to inspect his flooded house at Kampung Tersang, Rantau Panjang, in Kelantan. — Bernama

PASIR MAS: Kampung Bawah Lembah in Rantau Panjang here, is looking like a fisherman’s village, with dozens of boats belonging to the residents docked on the side of the main road after it was hit by floods since Saturday, replacing cars and motorcycles as the transport mode of the day.

“With the 5km-long main road also flooded up to one-metre high, the villagers are forced to use the boats to relocate to the temporary evacuation centre (PPS),” said resident Zaid Ismail, 52.

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