Malaysia launches 12-month three-phase plan to curb flood hotspots
Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming announced a year-long, three-phase action plan to mitigate flood-prone areas across Malaysia, starting with immediate drain cleaning and ending with long-term river basin solutions.
Minister Nga Kor Ming outlined a comprehensive, three-phase strategy to tackle Malaysia's flood hotspots, to be implemented over a year ending in October next year. Short-term tasks include cleaning drainage channels, removing sediment and obstructions, and inspecting retention ponds, pumping stations and sluice gates ahead of the Northeast Monsoon. The medium-term focus will upgrade drainage systems and resolve water-flow bottlenecks identified through technical assessments.
Long-term actions target drainage and river-basin level solutions, integrating future land-use plans, development projects and heightened extreme-rainfall risks. The plan was launched after a kickoff meeting that brought together the Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT), the Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Ministry (NRES) and the Energy Transition and Water Transformation Ministry (PETRA). Officials noted that 284 flash-flood hotspots have been removed from the risk list in the past three years, while 263 new sites have been flagged for urgent action.
Why it matters
Effective flood management protects lives, property and economic activity in flood-vulnerable regions.
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