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Lewat bina LRA, penduduk Lembah Klang dan Putrajaya berisiko kekurangan bekalan air
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SHAH ALAM - Penduduk sekitar Lembah Klang dan Putrajaya berdepan risiko margin rizab air rendah apabila musim kemarau tiba, ekoran kelewatan pembinaan Loji Rawatan Air (LRA) Sungai Rasau Fasa 1.
Bekas Menteri Alam Sekitar dan Air, Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man berkata, loji yang dijadualkan siap Disember 2025 namun kini diunjurkan beroperasi sepenuhnya pada Disember 2026, memberi kesan secara langsung kepada pengguna.
“Kelewatan pembinaan LRA akibat insiden tebing runtuh pada September 2024 pasti memberi kesan terhadap pengguna terutama pada saat permintaan air yang semakin meningkat di Lembah Klang.
“Namun realitinya rakyat di Lembah Klang masih bergantung kepada LRA Sungai Rasau untuk memastikan bekalan air mencukupi bagi keperluan harian dan industri,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan di Facebook pada Selasa.
Sebelum ini media melaporkan, Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Air Negara (SPAN) menjangkakan kelewatan dalam pembinaan LRA Sungai Rasau susulan insiden tebing sungai runtuh dan menenggelamkan tapak projek berkenaan.
Bagaimanapun, Pengarah Unit Komunikari Korporat dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna SPAN, Mohd Fazli Ismail berkata, Syarikat Air Selangor (Air Selangor) akan mengenal pasti penambahbaikan sistem agihan grid bersambung lanjutan perkara tersebut.
Tambah Tuan Ibrahim, kerajaan seharusnya memantau projek berkenaan dengan lebih rapi supaya tiada kelewatan tambahan selain mempercepatkan usaha menambah rizab bekalan air negara.
“Air adalah keperluan asas rakyat. Langkah mitigasi jangka pendek perlu diperkukuh termasuk pemantauan rapi terhadap paras sungai dan empangan serta pengurusan pengagihan air lebih cekap,” katanya.
NADMA kaji laksana bayaran bantuan secara pemindahan wang, kurangkan karenah birokrasi - Zahid
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KUALA LUMPUR: Agensi Pengurusan Bencana Negara (NADMA) kini dalam proses untuk mengkaji pelaksanaan bagi pembayaran Bantuan Wang Ihsan (BWI) secara pemindahan dana elektronik (EFT).
Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi berkata langkah itu jika dilaksanakan mampu mengurangkan birokrasi dalam agihan bantuan.
"NADMA sedang berusaha untuk menambahbaik serta mempermudahkan prosedur pemberian BWI kepada Ketua Isi Rumah (KIR) mangsa bencana, bagi memastikan tiada halangan birokrasi dalam penyaluran bantuan tersebut dan meringankan beban yang ditanggung mangsa bencana.
"NADMA dalam proses mengkaji pelaksanaan pembayaran BWI melalui EFT dengan Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN) bagi mengurangkan birokrasi dalam agihan bantuan.
"Inisiatif ini bertujuan untuk mempercepatkan proses penyaluran bantuan kepada mangsa bencana dengan memanfaatkan teknologi perbankan digital, seterusnya memastikan bantuan sampai dengan lebih efisien," katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian dalam jawapan bertulis bagi menjawab soalan daripada Datuk Willie Mongin (GPS- Puncak Borneo) mengenai jenis bantuan disediakan oleh NADMA serta sama ada proses permohonan bantuan itu dapat dipermudahkan.
Zahid yang juga Menteri Kemajuan Desa dan Wilayah berkata, bagi kejadian bencana semasa musim Monsun Timur Laut (MTL) termasuk bencana banjir, terdapat dua jenis bantuan bencana yang disediakan oleh Kerajaan Persekutuan melalui peruntukan yang disalurkan oleh NADMA kepada semua negeri.
"Untuk pemberian BWI sebanyak RM1,000 untuk setiap KIR yang layak dan dan BWI kematian pula,sebanyak RM10,000 untuk waris kepada mangsa yang meninggal dunia.
"Sebelum agihan BWI dilaksanakan, senarai KIR yang terjejas akibat bencana akan disemak dan disahkan oleh Jawatankuasa Pengurusan Bencana Daerah (JPBD) sebelum diperakukan oleh Jawatankuasa Pengurusan Bencana Negeri (JPBN).
"Pengagihan BWI kepada KIR akan dilaksanakan oleh Pejabat Daerah atau Pejabat Pembangunan Negeri berdasarkan senarai nama yang diperakukan oleh Jawatankuasa Pengurusan Bencana Negeri," katanya.
KUANTAN: Enhancing public transportation connectivity, implementing flood mitigation efforts and providing comprehensive facilities to boost the halal sector are among the areas of focus emphasised by the Pahang government in the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP) which begins next year.
State Agriculture, Agro-based Industry, Biotechnology and Education committee chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Soffi Abd Razak said the Pahang government has submitted their 'wishlist' covering a wide range of high-impact projects to be looked into by the Federal government.
"Pahang is rich in natural resources and has great potential to grow. The state's administration wants to fully utilise the available potential by ensuring that the planned development programmes and projects will have a positive impact on the people....road network and public transport are vital.
Transportation networks will open new economic and development opportunities across the country. Completing the Central Spine Road (CSR) between Kuala Krai, Kelantan, and Pelangai, Bentong, is crucial, helping to reduce traffic congestion and create jobs, he added.
"Pahang has the potential to attract new investments in the halal industry as Gebeng has been identified as an ideal location due to the presence of infrastructure facilities such as Kuantan Port and the soon to be completed East Coast Rail Link in the vicinity. The halal park will focus on various products, including food and beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
Meanwhile, Soffi said floods had resulted in losses amounting to billions of ringgit and measures to reduce the impact of floods through mitigation projects has to be prioritised in the 13MP.
"We should not allow the damages and losses(resulting from floods) to continue occuring," he told reporters here today.
Soffi had earlier represented Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail to attend the 13MP management engagement session between the Pahang government and Deputy Economy Minister Datuk Hanifah Hajar Taib here today.
The Pelangai dual-carriageway stretch was supposed to be part of the 306km CSR connecting Bentong and Kelantan but phase six of the stretch here was not part of the 12th Malaysian Plan resulting in the construction to end in Sertik, Bentong.
On the construction of the Kuantan international airport in Gebeng here, which was proposed under the 12th Malaysia Plan, Soffi said he hopes the proposal which got the nod from the National Physical Planning Council will be made a reality in the 13MP.
"Plans for an international airport have been included for the 13MP and I was told that the Federal government is looking at the involvement from the private sector to build the airport.
"The existing Kuantan airport (Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport) shares the runway with the air force so the construction of an international airport is vital," he said.
It was reported last year, that the Pahang government received proposals from private investors to build the new airport and were studying the matter. (https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2024/08/1092822/no-decision-yet-new-p...)
Meanwhile, Hanifah said Pahang was the last stop for the engagement sessions which began in October last year and has provided the ministry an opportunity to interact with various parties to hear feedback in formulating a more inclusive and effective plan.
"States across Malaysia have raised various proposals depending on several factors including geographical and economic needs of the respective state. The 13MP is not just a plan for the next five years (2026-2030) but to lay down the foundation for future planning," she said.
KOTA KINABALU: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) intends to coordinate and work closer with the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) on disaster management.
UMS, via its Natural Disaster Research Centre (NDRC), aims to foster collaborations so that both parties would be able to find ways to minimise the impact of natural disasters and better manage disasters in Sabah.
NDRC director Prof Dr Carolyn Melissa Payus said collaborations among academics, agencies and government bodies can help improve disaster management and reduce risks during such events.
She said this following a courtesy call from a delegation from Nadma to UMS recently.
Nadma policy deputy chief director Zamakhsari Hanipah, who led the delegation, expressed interest in the idea and welcomed the proposal, saying such working relations were in line with the disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy 2030.
He said information gathered through disaster reduction risk research and related programmes can be used as guidelines or reference by Nadma, especially for disaster management here in Borneo (Sabah and Sarawak).
After the courtesy call, the delegation had the opportunity to visit UMS’ earthquake monitoring system SEISCOMP3 at the NDRC laboratory, and were briefed on its technical functions by the NDRC research officer Eldawaty Madran.
Earlier, Nadma briefed the UMS group on the recently launched National DRR policy 2030 at the federal level, saying that the state level launch was expected sometime soon.
“Thus, the DDR strategic plan for Sabah is needed to seal the implementation of the national DDR policy 2030,” said Zamakhsari.
PetrosNiaga sets up additional depots to solve LPG distribution issues in northern S’wak
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MIRI (Feb 18): PetrosNiaga has set up additional depots in Bintulu and Miri to overcome the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder distribution challenges affecting consumers in northern Sarawak.
Supply in northern Sarawak has experienced a slower recovery due to the longer transportation distance and limited number of suitable lorries to transport supplies from Kuching and Sabah.
“To mitigate this, additional storage depots are being set up in Bintulu and Miri to improve turnaround time for efficient supply distribution.
“These new facilities will help ease logistical constraints and support faster supply delivery and the situation in Miri is expected to be normalised in a few days,” Petrosniaga said in a statement today.
More temporary storage depots will be identified for areas with similar situations in the effort to ensure normal supply circulation within this month for subsidised LPG cylinders for household use and non-subsidised LPG cylinders for commercial use across Sarawak.
The recent landslide due to adverse weather conditions halted operations at the Pusaka Integrated Resources Sdn Bhd Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) bottling plant in Bintulu.
To ensure adequate supply, PetrosNiaga rerouted LPG cylinder supply from Kuching and Sepanggar Bay in Sabah.
Senari Independent Oil Terminal (IOT) in Kuching also ramped up its filling capacity to pre-disruption levels for the whole of Sarawak, reaching up to 29,000 cylinders per day, ensuring reliable and stable supply.
With an estimated 1.8 million LPG cylinders in circulation, the company said there is sufficient supply to meet Sarawak’s overall demand.
“We appreciate the patience and cooperation of all consumers as efforts continue to restore normal LPG distribution across Sarawak,” added the statement.
Despite the increased logistical challenges, the company said there will be no increase in the prices for subsidised LPG for household use as PetrosNiaga is absorbing these costs to prevent any financial burden on consumers.
The price for the subsidised household LPG remains at RM26.60 when collected from any authorised distributor or dealer.
Any unauthorised price increase or extra charges should be reported to PetrosNiaga’s Customer Service on 1300-88-2122, or the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living on 1-800-886-800, or 019-8488000 via WhatsApp.
As of yesterday, customers were still facing long queues to have their cylinders refilled here.