GUA MUSANG: A total of 1,075 household heads of the Orang Asli community living in remote areas in Kelantan have received over 19 tonnes of food baskets in the past two months.
Kelantan and Terengganu Orang Asli Affairs Department (JAKOA) director Mohd Faedzyal Mohamed said the assistance was disbursed after supplies were delivered by helicopters from the Air Unit of the Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM), as land routes were severely damaged by the Northeast Monsoon.
"The food basket delivery this time involved Kampung Gawen, Pos Gob (49 household heads); Pos Tohoi (242), Pos Pasik (303), Pos Simpor (234); and Aring 5 areas, Kuala Koh and Pos Linggi (247).
"Some of the food supplied were rice, noodles, cooking oil, flour, sugar, milk and canned food," he told reporters at Pos Pasik here recently.
Meanwhile, Nenggiri state assemblyman Mohd Azmawi Fikri Abdul Ghani said the aid this time involved several villages, including Kampung Bering Lama, Bering Baru, Perwer, Simpang, Ayong, Pasik, Sugi, Bayor and Rejum.
He said Bering Lama was one of the areas badly hit by floods last December, adding that non-governmental organisations had previously delivered about 100 food baskets to the area.
Kampung Bering Lama village head Anjang Ranget thanked the government for the aid, which he said had helped ease the burden of obtaining essential items. – Bernama
