KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will head to Kedah on Saturday (Sept 21) to check on the latest flood situation in the state, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
The National Disaster Management Committee chairman also said that personnel from the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) as well as relevant departments and agencies had been mobilised to the state's temporary relief centres.
"The Prime Minister will go to Kedah tomorrow. Although Kedah is governed by others (Opposition), we still care about the people.
"We have sent personnel, not just Nadma staff but we are also coordinating this operation with other departments and agencies. Earlier, Nadma director-general Datuk Khairul Shahril Idrus briefed me on the need to have his men at the relief centres," he said.
Ahmad Zahid, who is also Rural and Regional Development Minister, said this when met by reporters at the Mara Automotive Ecosystem programme at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil on Friday (Sept 20).
The number of flood victims in Kedah rose to 6,588 people as of 2pm compared with 6,087 people at 8am on Friday (Sept 20).
On the three-day Mara Automotive Ecosystem programme, which began on Friday, Ahmad Zahid said Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) had spent RM100mil in grants and loans to entrepreneurs in the automotive field.
He said the programme involved 4,000 entrepreneurs from the field of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) from Mara institutions like Giat Mara, Institut Kemahiran Mara, and Universiti Kuala Lumpur.
"This shows that, over the past few decades, Mara’s determination has produced results and we hope it will be continued," he said. – Bernama
