SHAH ALAM: Leave for over 500 fast response team (PANTAS) members in 12 local authorities in Selangor has been frozen until January 2025 to prepare for any eventuality during the ongoing Northeast Monsoon season.
The announcement was made by Selangor Local Government and Tourism Committee chairman Datuk Ng Suee Lim.
"We need to always be ready if a disaster hits,” he told reporters after officiating the Menteri Besar (Incorporated) (MBI) Integrity Day at the Shah Alam Convention Centre here on Friday (Nov 29).
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant operations director Ahmad Mukhlis Mokhtar said on Friday that 117 people from 29 families were evacuated to relief centres in Klang after heavy rain flooded their homes.
Ng also said that the state government was studying the flood situation on the East Coast, especially in Kelantan, to help the people there.
"But we leave this matter to Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari to decide. If there’s a need, we will try to help because,” he said when asked whether Selangor local authorities would mobilise to Kelantan as the number of flood evacuees rose to 59,232 people in 221 relief centres this morning, a drastic increase from 50,947 people in 207 centres last night. – Bernama
