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NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY
BINTULU, 15 Sept: Projek pembinaan parit monsun sepanjang satu kilometer dari Kampung Warisan Jepak ke Sungai Kemena kini telah siap sepenuhnya dan dijangka memberikan manfaat besar kepada penduduk setempat yang sebelum ini sering terjejas akibat banjir.
Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Jepak, Iskandar Turkee, berkata projek bernilai RM7.3 juta ini adalah sebahagian daripada usaha berterusan kerajaan untuk memperkukuh sistem saliran luar bandar melalui program mitigasi banjir.
“Untuk makluman, masa construction hari itu kita di dalam banjir pada 29 Januari tahun ini, kita memang di dalam banjir besar di bahagian pintu tu masa construction hari itu. Muara pada monsun ni, kita ditebatkan dahulu sebab untuk memastikan keadaan pembinaan ni tak terganggu lah, tapi disebabkan limpahan air yang banyak daripada kawasan Kampung Warisan menyebabkan sebahagian tempat telah dilanda banjir.
“Jadi pihak kita punya JKK dengan kebenaran pihak kontraktor dan pihak BDA kita pecahkan penutup di muara tu. Alhamdulillah air mulai surut, jadi kita melihat monsun ni amat berfungsi dan memberi impak yang besar kepada penduduk di kawasan terutamanya di Kampung Warisan, Jepak.” katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian selepas meninjau projek berkenaan bersama Penasihat Pejabat Premier Sarawak (Pemantauan Projek dan Program Luar Bandar), Dato’ Sri Rohani Abdul Karim di Kampung Warisan Jepak, Bintulu pada Rabu.
Menurut Iskandar, pelaksanaan projek tersebut terbukti memberi kesan positif apabila ia berjaya mengurangkan risiko banjir, terutamanya ketika hujan lebat.
Beliau menambah, fasa kedua projek berkenaan kini dalam perancangan bagi memperluas sistem parit monsun tersebut supaya aliran air dapat disalurkan terus ke Batang Kemena dengan lebih efisien. -TVS
KUALA LANGAT: "I saw dark clouds swirling in the sky,” said a resident of Kampung Medan, Sijangkang, recalling the terrifying moments after a storm wreaked havoc in the area, damaging several buildings, including a hall.
Shahidatul Adawiyah Amat Seroh, 30, said that she was working at a shop in Telok Panglima Garang when the sky began to turn dark at around 3.30pm on Thursday (Oct 15).
She said that even though the shop was about 2km from the scene, she could clearly see debris swirling through the air, which made her worry about her older sister, who works as a delivery driver.
"When I saw what was happening, I immediately texted my sister to make sure she stayed safe,” she said when met by Bernama.
Shahidatul Adawiyah’s sister, Zainuzirah Zainuddin, 38, said she was completing her last delivery when she decided to stop at a nearby supermarket after observing the strong wind and lightning flashing across the sky.
"I also received text messages from friends saying the area was experiencing strong winds and that trees had fallen in some places,” she said.
Erri Abdullah, 35, a private sector worker, said that he suffered losses after his wife’s car was damaged by a fallen tree during the incident.
He said that at the time, his wife was waiting by the roadside near Sekolah Kebangsaan Sijangkang Jaya to pick up their child, but seeing the worsening weather, she moved the car just before it was struck by a tree trunk, causing damage to the front part of the vehicle.
"I was at work when I got the call, so I immediately went home. My wife told me the wind was too strong and she saw motorcyclists being thrown off balance by it.
"I am grateful that my wife and son are safe, although they are still in shock from the incident,” he said.
Earlier, the Selangor Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) said that a woman and at least seven pupils of a Kelas Al-Quran dan Fardu Ain (KAFA) class were injured after a storm caused a roof to collapse here.
Its operations assistant director Ahmad Mukhlis Mokhtar said the 51-year-old woman sustained injuries to her waist and thigh after being trapped under the collapsed roof of a hall which also houses the Sijangkang State Constituency Coordinator’s office, while all the pupils suffered minor injuries.
A Bernama check at the scene found scattered zinc fragments, believed to have originated from a nearby factory, in the vicinity of a school. Firefighters and police were on site to manage the situation.- Bernama
PETALING JAYA: The Sijangkang state constituency coordinator’s office at Dewan Wawasan Kampung Medan in Telok Panglima Garang, Selangor, collapsed this evening during heavy rain and strong winds, injuring a woman.
An adjoining surau also collapsed, injuring several students attending a religious class. The Selangor fire and rescue department said it received a distress call at about 4.25pm.
It said a 51-year-old woman was trapped under the debris but was conscious when rescuers arrived.
The woman, who suffered injuries to her waist and thigh, was extricated at about 5.05pm and received treatment from a medical team.
Seven to nine students in the surau sustained minor injuries and were also treated by health ministry personnel at the scene.
MIRI (Oct 16): Thirty-five preschoolers from Tadika Harapan Montessori were given an engaging, hands-on lesson in fire safety yesterday from the Lutong Fire and Rescue (Bomba) Station.
Held at the kindergarten from 9.30am to noon, the comprehensive programme equipped the children with crucial survival skills.
These included evacuation procedures, identifying assembly points and safety exits, maintaining good housekeeping practices, and demonstrating the life-saving “stop, drop, and roll” technique.
The young participants also learned the critical skill of crawling low in smoke to avoid toxic fumes during a fire emergency.
Adding to the excitement, a fire truck was deployed for the demonstration, giving the children a close-up look at the essential equipment firefighters use daily.
“We believe in starting fire safety education early and these children are learning skills that could one day save their lives or the lives of their family members,” said Lutong fire chief Henry Jugah.
The session was briefly interrupted when Team Bravo from Lutong Bomba Station had to respond to an emergency call about a snake at Masjid Lutong.
Demonstrating their department’s motto of ‘High Performance, Fast and Friendly Service’, the firefighters swiftly attended to the incident and returned to complete the programme with the kindergarteners.
The fire safety education programme is part of Bomba’s ongoing community outreach efforts, aimed at building a more fire-conscious society from the ground up by empowering the next generation with the knowledge to protect themselves and others.
We cannot keep forgetting what we love
- Admin UKK
- Berita
OVER the past month, since Merdeka, I have noticed something that has unsettled me more than I expected – stranded Jalur Gemilang flags along highways and drains. Some were torn and half-buried in puddles. They were once raised proudly from car windows and stalls, fluttering symbols of love for the country. Now, they lie forgotten.
It may be a small thing but to me, those abandoned flags say something about how we treat what we claim to love. We celebrate with passion, then move on. We raise awareness, then forget. And in that quiet forgetting lies a bigger national concern.
As Malaysia prepares to host the 47th Asean Summit in Kuala Lumpur later this month, where leaders such as Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are expected, the spotlight will be on geopolitics and trade.
Two weeks later, the world will gather in Belém, Brazil, for COP30, to decide the next steps in climate finance and adaptation.
Between those global stages sits our Budget 2026, announced just days ago with billions in allocation for flood mitigation, river restoration and environmental protection.
All of this sounds promising on paper but as I watch the flags fading on the roadside, I cannot help but think: Will our climate promises risk ending up the same way, raised high for a moment, then left to wither?
The climate crisis does not wait for summits or speeches. Floods, heat and haze are already changing how Malaysians live, work and even learn. Yet, we still treat climate action as a side issue, not one of survival.
And while we debate policies, darker stories are unfolding – four Form Five boys had allegedly raped a Form Three student in Melaka. And more recently, a Form Four girl has died after being stabbed by another student at a school in Selangor. It is horrifying, yes. But it is also telling. It speaks of something broken – on how we raise and protect our youths and how empathy and responsibility are slipping through the cracks. Climate resilience means little if our communities fracture from within.
The same disconnection that lets a river clog with plastic will also allow a classroom to become unsafe. It is the same habit of overlooking what does not scream for attention.
Malaysia wants to lead in climate diplomacy, and we can. But first, we have to lead at home. That means making Budget 2026 a living commitment: direct funds to community-led adaptation, enforce transparency in resilience spending and integrate social protection and education reform into our climate agenda.
If we can protect our rivers, shield our cities and empower our youths, then we deserve to lead. But if we let our symbols, our children and our environment fade into neglect, the rhetoric from these gatherings becomes hollow.
Let us choose otherwise. If patriotism means raising the flag, stewardship means keeping it flying. The Jalur Gemilang deserves better than to be left in the drain. So, do our children. So, does our planet.
We keep talking about growth and progress but the truth is this: we cannot build a strong nation on weak memory.
Mogesh Sababathy is a youth climate advocate, member of the National Consultative Panel to the Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Ministry and PhD candidate at Universiti Putra Malaysia.