Compiled by FATIMAH ZAINAL, C.ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
SJK(T) Dengkil in Selangor was flooded again with water rising up to 1.5m causing extensive damage to the school, Malaysia Nanban reported.
Headmistress Pushpa Raman said the school was inundated following heavy rains, which began at about 9am on Sunday.
The road leading to the school was submerged, preventing any access.
The classrooms and labs were flooded causing books, teaching materials, science equipment and furniture to be destroyed.
Only a few items were recovered despite assistance from the Parent-Teacher Association, she said.
A massive flood in 2021 and the second in 2022 also caused extensive damage to the school.
The daily said a retaining wall built to prevent soil erosion by the river next to the school is suspected to have failed.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
