20 tonnes of food to be airlifted to Kelantan


JOHOR BARU: Fire and Rescue Department helicopters are being used to airlift some 20 tonnes of foodstuff to many remote villages cut off by the floods in Kelantan.

Its deputy director-general (operations) Datuk Nor Hisham Mohammad said the first batch of food items totalling 4.7 tonnes was dispatched on Monday to seven locations in Gua Musang.

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