4 OGOS 2025 – BERITA WILAYAH – PENYELENGGARAAN SUNGAI, PENGURUSAN BANJIR

KUCHING (Aug 4): The federal government has approved RM72.8 million for a riverbank protection project along Batang Sadong at Kampung Hulu and Kampung Hilir in Serian to address ongoing erosion and flooding issues.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Transition and Water Transformation Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said the project, to be implemented through the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID), was approved under the Fifth Rolling Plan (RP5) of the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) for 2025.

“The main scope of the project involves the construction of riverbank stabilisation structures to overcome the problem of collapsing riverbanks in the affected areas,” he said in his written answer to Serian MP Dato Sri Richard Riot Jaem in Parliament today.

The parliamentary reply was shared to The Borneo Post by Riot’s office.

Fadillah said survey and detailed design works will be carried out this year, while physical construction is expected to begin in mid-2027.

Erosion and flooding have long affected villages along Batang Sadong, particularly Kampung Hulu and Kampung Hilir, which are frequently inundated during the monsoon season.

ENGKILILI, 4 Ogos: Hujan berterusan sejak semalam mengakibatkan dua kejadian tanah runtuh dilaporkan di kawasan Lubok Antu dan Engkilili namun tiada kecederaan atau kerosakan serius dilaporkan.

Pegawai Pertahanan Awam Daerah Lubok Antu, Leftenan (PA) Desem Samuel berkata, kejadian pertama berlaku di tebing berhampiran Rumah Panjang Kampung Stuga bersebelahan Sungai Stuga.

“Rekahan jelas kelihatan di kawasan tebing berhampiran rumah panjang. Pasukan Angkatan Pertahanan Awam Malaysia (APM) telah memasang pita amaran di lokasi berisiko sebagai langkah keselamatan,” katanya dalam kenyataan hari ini.

APM menerima panggilan kecemasan sekitar jam 5.10 petang dan segera mengerahkan tiga anggota pasukan MyAPSA-O Alpha ke lokasi kejadian.

Kejadian kedua pula dilaporkan berlaku di kawasan Rumah Panjang Jelukong.

Bagaimanapun, tiada kerosakan dilaporkan pada struktur rumah dan keadaan dilaporkan terkawal.

Desem turut menasihati penduduk di kawasan terlibat agar sentiasa berwaspada terutamanya ketika musim hujan dan segera melaporkan sebarang tanda-tanda pergerakan tanah atau runtuhan bagi membolehkan tindakan pantas diambil oleh pihak berkuasa.-TVS

KUCHING, 4 Ogos: Sebuah kilang lama yang terbiar di Kota Sentosa musnah dalam kebakaran petang tadi yang turut memusnahkan sebahagian daripada dua buah rumah bersebelahan.

Menurut jurucakap Pusat Gerakan Operasi (PGO) Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM) Sarawak, panggilan kecemasan diterima pada jam 3.45 petang dan pasukan dari Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat (BBP) Kota Sentosa tiba di lokasi kejadian sembilan minit kemudian.

Operasi turut dibantu anggota dari BBP Batu Lintang, dengan kekuatan keseluruhan 17 anggota serta penggunaan dua jentera FRT dan sebuah unit EMRS.

Komander Operasi, Tiwi Ni’os memaklumkan keseluruhan struktur kilang terbiar tersebut terbakar dan api merebak ke dua rumah bersebelahan.

“Rumah di sebelah kiri musnah 60 peratus manakala rumah di sebelah kanan terbakar 70 peratus,” katanya.

Pasukan bomba segera menjalankan operasi pemadaman menggunakan satu aliran salur bantu mula dan satu aliran sepanjang 300 kaki dengan dua nozel yang disambungkan ke pili bomba berhampiran.

BBP Batu Lintang turut membantu dengan satu aliran tambahan sepanjang 300 kaki bagi mempercepatkan kawalan api.

Kebakaran berjaya dikawal sepenuhnya pada jam 4.10 petang dan operasi ditamatkan pada jam 5.21 petang selepas memastikan tiada risiko nyalaan semula.-TVS

KUCHING (Aug 5): The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) will increase its capabilities in terms of detection equipment, should a nuclear plant be built in Malaysia.

In stating this, Bomba director-general Datuk Seri Nor Hisham Mohammad also said in terms of the technology for building nuclear plants and also in fire prevention system, the situation is now on a ‘mature’ stage.

“What it means by mature is that we can make case references to existing international standards, or the best practices in the industry. “So in terms of internal security, there are references.

“In terms of preparations, we will refer to countries that already have nuclear plants,” he told reporters at Wisma Wanita here yesterday after officiating at Bomba Sarawak’s medals and awards ceremony.

Nor Hisham added that basically, all firefighters had been exposed to the basics of handling radioactive situations. “We also have 17 special Hazmat (hazardous materials) teams, and 429 personnel who have understanding about issues related to radioactivity.

“Just in terms of detection equipment, if a plant was built, we would need to improve it depending on the location of the construction.”

In 2008, Malaysia formed the Nuclear Energy Development Steering Committee to explore the potential of nuclear energy and in 2009, the Malaysian Nuclear Power Corporation (MNPC) was established as the implementing body for the Nuclear Energy Programme Implementing Organisation (NEPIO) under the Prime Minister’s Department.

However, the plan was dropped in 2018. The government, however, had once again considering nuclear as a clean energy option in the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP), presented by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on July 31, with a target of operating nuclear plants around 2031.

Also present yesterday was Bomba Sarawak director Jamri Masran.