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Dugaan menjelang Ramadan
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Rantau Panjang: "Saya berharap banjir kali ini tidak berlarutan memandangkan puasa juga hanya beberapa hari lagi, kami mahu menyambut Ramadan di rumah dengan tenang," luah Aminah Saari, 37.
Aminah berkata, halaman kediaman rumahnya mula dilanda banjir sejak tengah malam tadi, dan paras air juga semakin bertambah walaupun ia naik secara perlahan.
Katanya, cuaca mendung dan hujan lebat sejak dua hari lalu menyebabkan air di Sungai Golok berhampiran kediamannya juga melimpah, malah ia turut membanjiri Pintu 2 dan Pintu 3 Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia (JKDM) di sini.
"Saya sekeluarga mengemas pagi ini kerana bimbang akan keadaan air yang semakin tinggi. Setakat ini, air masih belum memasuki bahagian dalam rumah tetapi kami mahu bersiap siaga untuk sebarang kemungkinan.
"Kami juga berdoa semoga cuaca cerah tanpa hujan supaya air segera surut, kerana jika ia berlarutan, pasti banjir melanda dan mengambil masa hampir seminggu untuk kembali pulih.
"Sejujurnya, kami sekeluarga baru sahaja berpakat untuk mengemas serta membeli barangan dapur bagi menyambut Ramadan dan sangat berharap semoga bah tidak melanda supaya kami boleh menjalani ibadah berpuasa dengan tenang," katanya yang tinggal di Kampung Kubang Chenok di sini
Aminah berkata, anaknya yang bersekolah di Sekolah Kebangsaan Sri Rantau Panjang (1) juga tidak dapat meneruskan pembelajaran hari ini, susulan kawasan sekolah turut dinaiki air sejak malam tadi.
Penolong kanan pentadbiran SRU (A) Tarbiah Islamiah Lubok Gong, Zahari Mokhtar pula berkata, air naik dengan mendadak menyebabkan pihak sekolah tidak sempat untuk memindahkan atau menyelamatkan barangan ke tempat tinggi.
"Sesi persekolahan juga ditutup sementara kerana pagi ini air membanjiri kawasan sekolah separas hampir satu meter selain turut menjejaskan kelas di bahagian bawah serta kantin.
"Kami baru sahaja berhadapan dengan kerugian apabila sekolah ini dilanda banjir teruk pada November lalu, dan tidak menyangka kali ini bah melanda lagi dengan sangat cepat," katanya.
Sementara itu, Ketua Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat Rantau Panjang, Hamzah Musa, ketika dihubungi berkata beberapa kawasan rendah berdekatan sungai mulai dinaiki air sejak malam tadi.
"Situasi berkenaan juga berlaku susulan taburan hujan lebat di kawasan hulu yang menyebabkan paras air di Sungai Jenob, Tanah Merah, melepasi tahap bahaya. Air dari sungai terbabit mengalir ke Sungai Golok yang menyebabkan berlaku bah di kawasan rendah di sini," katanya.
Jakarta: Pemantauan Geologi Amerika Syarikat (USGS) melaporkan gempa bumi magnitud 6.1 melanda berhampiran Pulau Sulawesi di Indonesia pada Rabu lalu, memaksa penduduk meninggalkan rumah bagi menyelamatkan diri.
Bagaimanapun, tiada kerosakan atau kemalangan jiwa dilaporkan.
Gegaran berlaku 6.55 pagi waktu tempatan pada kedalaman 10 kilometer (km) dengan pusat gempa di luar pantai berhampiran wilayah Sulawesi Utara, menurut USGS.
Agensi meteorologi negara itu menyatakan magnitud yang lebih rendah iaitu 6.0 dan berkata, tiada potensi tsunami.
Penduduk tempatan di Sulawesi Utara menggambarkan situasi panik ketika gempa bumi itu berlaku. "Ia kuat, bergoyang dari sisi ke sisi. Barangan di dalam bilik saya bergegar.
"Saya nekad keluar. Saya sangat takut akan berlaku gegaran susulan ketika saya berada di dalam lif. Semua tetamu lain juga melarikan diri," kata Gita Waloni, 25, yang juga tetamu di di sebuah hotel dekat daerah Minahasa kepada AFP.
Negara kepulauan yang luas itu sering mengalami gempa bumi kerana kedudukannya di Lingkaran Api Pasifik.
Gempa bumi magnitud 6.2 yang menggegarkan Sulawesi pada Januari 2021 mengorbankan lebih 100 individu dan menyebabkan ribuan kehilangan tempat tinggal.
Pada 2018, gempa bumi magnitud 7.5 dan tsunami berikutnya di Palu dekat Sulawesi, membunuh lebih 2,200 individu.
Sementara pada 2004, gempa bumi bermagnitud 9.1 melanda wilayah Aceh, menyebabkan tsunami dan mengorbankan lebih daripada 170,000 penduduk di Indonesia.
GEORGE TOWN – Negara-negara ASEAN perlu menjalin kerjasama serantau yang lebih kukuh bagi menangani cabaran keselamatan semakin kompleks dan merentasi sempadan negara.
Menteri Pertahanan, Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin berkata, rantau ASEAN menghadapi ancaman keselamatan tradisional dan bukan tradisional yang tidak dapat ditangani oleh satu negara sahaja.
Katanya, dengan cabaran keselamatan daripada pelaku bukan negara serta risiko biosekuriti yang semakin meningkat, ASEAN mesti meningkatkan kesiapsiagaan dan kerjasama bagi menangani cabaran ini secara berkesan.
“Pada masa yang sama, strategi keselamatan kita mesti mampan, dengan memanfaatkan pendekatan jangka panjang dan berpandangan ke hadapan dalam kerjasama pertahanan bagi mengekalkan kestabilan serantau untuk generasi akan datang,” katanya dalam ucapan pembukaan sempena Pemukiman Mesyuarat Menteri-Menteri Pertahanan ASEAN (ADMM) ke-19 di Batu Ferringhi, di sini hari ini.
Dalam ucapan pembukaan tersebut, Mohamed Khaled turut membentangkan enam usul Malaysia selaku Pengerusi ADMM tahun ini.
Usul itu melibatkan kecerdasan buatan (AI) dan keselamatan siber dalam pertahanan, keselamatan maritim, bantuan kemanusiaan dan bantuan bencana (HADR), termasuk mencari dan menyelamat (SAR), kerjasama industri pertahanan, ancaman keselamatan daripada pelaku bukan negara dan risiko biosekuriti.
Dianggarkan lebih 150 delegasi dari 10 negara ASEAN serta Timur Leste selaku negara pemerhati menghadiri sesi ADMM ke-19 itu. – KOSMO! ONLINE
THIRTY-TWO out of 53 planned flood mitigation projects have been completed in Petaling Jaya as of January this year, says Selangor infrastructure and agriculture committee chairman Datuk Izham Hashim.
Six out of the remaining 21 ongoing projects are being carried out by developers, he added.
“A majority of flood issues under the purview of local authorities involve drain widening and on-site retention to hold stormwater.
“These projects come under the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID), Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) and third parties who are usually developers,” he added.
Izham was replying to questions by Rajiv Rishyakaran (PH-Bukit Gasing) and Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali (PN-Hulu Kelang) on the projects during the Selangor State Assembly sitting at Bangunan Dewan Negeri Selangor in Shah Alam.
“There are four projects under DID, including the first one in Kampung Cempaka where the upgrade is being carried out at Sungai Kayu Ara,” he said.
The first phase of this project, Izham said, had been completed at a cost of RM6.8mil while the second phase was expected for completion in 2026.
The second project is at Seri Selangor Golf Club, involving desilting Sungai Rumput at a cost of RM200,000. It is set to be completed in the second quarter of this year.
The third project is at PJS 3/23 where a dual-function retention pond – to act as water storage as part of the Sungai Rasau project – is set for completion in 2031 at a cost of RM661mil.
The fourth is at Route 54, Jalan Kuala Selangor, where the installation of flapgates in Sungai Gasi has been completed at a cost of RM50,000. Further desilting work costing RM200,000 is expected to be completed in the second quarter of this year.
Under MBPJ, flood mitigation projects are at various stages of completion.
These are at Jalan PJU 1A/4F, Section 19, Jalan SS7/2, Taman Dato’ Harun, Taman Medan Baru, Taman Sri Manja and Taman Buana Perdana.
“Methods that have been employed by MBPJ include the use of on-site detention installations,” said Izham.
“This innovation, some of which are installed under roads, is the first I have seen being carried out by a local authority.
“They are also using cascading systems, installed at the right and left side of drains, to increase their capacity to hold surplus stormwater.”
To a supplementary question by Azmin on when the Sungai Kedondong and Sungai Pelempas projects in Kampung Melayu Subang would begin, Izham said the second phase of the Sungai Pelempas initiative was being implemented.
RM200mil to aid flood relief
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Funds to benefit all affected states, 126 mitigation works also greenlit
MORE than RM200mil was channelled to state governments to help with the recent floods, the Prime Minister revealed.
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the funds, channelled through the National Disaster Management Agency, were for the affected states including Sabah and Sarawak.
An additional RM22.5mil worth of food and logistics was also contributed by government-linked companies and government-linked investment companies through the Disaster Response Network.
Anwar said non-governmental organisations recognised by the government were also assisting in ensuring food and services were swiftly distributed to flood victims.
“Government aid is meanwhile distributed according to those registered in temporary relief centres with the cooperation of the state governments and district offices.”
The Prime Minister said 126 flood mitigation projects worth RM22.57bil have also been approved.
Of these, he said 74 were already underway and 35 in the pre-implementation phase.
Speaking during the Prime Minister’s Question Time, Anwar said officers of the Chief Secretary to the Government were overseeing the progress of flood mitigation projects as it was a matter of public importance.
On the Sungai Golok Integrated River Basin Development project which has three phases, Anwar said work will be performed simultaneously.
The project is aimed at tackling flooding, mainly in Rantau Panjang and Pasir Mas in Kelantan.
Although this involved extra immediate expenditure, Anwar said it could lead to savings of up to RM1.7bil.
He said phases one and two were underway, with phase three targeted to begin in May or June. Phase three was initially scheduled to begin only in 2027.
The prime minister said the speed of completing the projects was also subject to how fast land acquisition was completed.
“Sometimes, it can take up to two years to do it,” he said, adding that preliminary work would be carried out by the Energy Transition and Water Transformation Ministry.
“We understand that the land could be in areas with residents or in villages, so we must negotiate appropriately.
“But if we delay even more, floods can impact hundreds or thousands more,” he said.
Anwar said former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra had helped hasten flood mitigation projects across Sungai Golok, with the river crossing both Malaysia and Thailand.