KUALA LUMPUR: Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, mengarahkan Kerajaan Negeri Selangor serta agensi berkaitan untuk menyalurkan bantuan sewajarnya kepada mangsa yang terjejas akibat kebakaran saluran paip gas di Putra Heights, pagi tadi.
Dalam hantaran di platform media sosial X, beliau turut mendoakan kelancaran operasi pasukan penyelamat yang sedang bertungkus lumus mengawal situasi di lokasi kejadian.
“Mendoakan urusan semua para petugas di Putra Heights dipermudahkan. Saya meminta Kerajaan Negeri serta agensi terlibat beri bantuan sewajarnya kepada mangsa yang dipindahkan,” katanya.
Ketika ini, pasukan penyelamat masih menjalankan operasi pemadaman kebakaran, manakala penduduk yang dipindahkan telah ditempatkan di pusat pemindahan sementara (PPS) di Masjid Putra Heights.
Menteri Besar Selangor, Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari dilaporkan berkata 82 mangsa diselamatkan dengan 12 orang cedera setakat ini.
Sementara itu, PETRONAS menutup sementara tiga stesen minyak di kawasan sekitar lokasi kebakaran saluran paip gas di Putra Heights, di sini, hari ini.
PETRONAS menerusi satu kenyataan hari ini memaklumkan, kebakaran berlaku di saluran paip utamanya berhampiran Putra Heights.
SUBANG: Seramai 50 pegawai dan anggota Pasukan Mencari dan Menyelamat Khas Malaysia (SMART) selamat tiba di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.
Mereka akan terus bergerak ke kawasan operasi gempa bumi melalui jalan darat yang mengambil masa lapan jam.
Agensi Pengurusan Bencana Negara (NADMA) berkata, pesawat pertama RMF 141 yang membawa pasukan itu mendarat pada 11.16 pagi, manakala pesawat kedua RMF 142 mendarat di lapangan terbang pada 2 petang.
“Selepas ini mereka akan bergerak ke kawasan operasi di Sagaing Division melalui jalan darat yang akan mengambil masa lapan jam,” katanya dalam kenyataan hari ini.
Media hari ini melaporkan 50 pegawai dan anggota SMART dijangka berada di Naypyidaw, Myanmar bagi misi bantuan kemanusiaan selama tujuh ke 14 hari.
Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi dilaporkan berkata, kerajaan Malaysia amat bersimpati dengan bencana yang berlaku di Myanmar dan menggerakkan pasukan SMART ke negara jiran itu dengan segera.
KUCHING (March 30): A total of 235 heads of household from Kampung Sebemban and Kampung Tanah Puteh in the Tarat constituency have benefitted from post-flood assistance contributions.
According to a report by the Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas), the handover ceremony in Serian on Saturday was officiated by Education, Innovation and Talent Development Minister Dato Sri Roland Sagah Wee Inn, who is also Tarat assemblyman.
“The assistance, comprising mattresses and pillows, were distributed to 82 recipients from Kampung Sebemban and 153 recipients from Kampung Tanah Puteh, both of which were affected by the floods,” the report stated.
During the ceremony, Sagah expressed gratitude to the agencies involved in providing aid to the flood victims.
In addition to government assistance, four non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have stepped forward to contribute mattresses and pillows.
These include the Rotary Club of Kuching Central, the Rotary Club of Kuching, The Malaysian Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the Rotaract Clubs of Swinburne Sarawak and SEGI Sarawak.
The report also noted that Kampung Sebemban and Kampung Tanah Puteh were not only inundated but also cut off from each other, as the main access road was submerged, rendering it impassable to vehicles.
Also present were Acting Resident of Serian Division Inting Nyami, Serian District Police Chief Superintendent Freddy Bian Stanislaus Bian, Political Secretary to the Sarawak Premier Damen Rejek, Deputy Chairman of the Serian District Council Neuchlos Jub, and other guests.
BEIJING: Gempa bumi bermagnited 7.3 melanda Kepulauan Tonga pada jam 8.18 malam ini waktu Beijing, menurut Pusat Rangkaian Gempa Bumi China (CENC).
Pusat gempa dipantau pada 20.30 darjah selatan dan 173.75 darjah barat.
Gempa itu berlaku pada kedalaman 10 kilometer, lapor Xinhua memetik kenyataan dikeluarkan oleh CENC. – BERNAMA-XINHUA
KUCHING (March 30): A downpour that occurred at 5pm today led to a flash flood an hour later at Jalan Tun Abang Haji Openg near the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH).
The parking lot near the lobby of SGH’s in-patient block was also flooded as the water level gradually rose.
Vehicle owners parked at the area were notified to relocate their vehicles.
The flash flood, however, quickly subsided.
A weather update issued by the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) this afternoon forecasted heavy rain and thunderstorms in Kuching, Serian, Samarahan, Sri Aman, Betong, Pusa, Bintulu, Beluru, Telang Usan, Marudi and Limbang.