Floods: Johor govt wants more SWCorp assets deployed to help clean-up works in Batu Pahat

Johor Housing and Local Government Committee chairman Datuk Mohd Jafni Shukor (left) standing in front of a pile of flood debris at the temporary dumpsite at Jalan Shin Lee, Kampung Cina Chaah, Segamat.

JOHOR BARU: The Johor Government has sent a request to the Local Government Development Ministry to help mobilise more Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation (SWCorp) assets for Batu Pahat.

Johor Housing and Local Government Committee chairman Datuk Mohd Jafni Md Shukor said more assets are needed to remove the flood debris in the district to be sent to the Moakil landfill.