KLANG: The Selangor government has approved an allocation of RM3 million for the purpose of upgrading and strengthening bunds along the coastline in preparation for the high tide phenomenon in the future.
Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azmin Ali said he has directed the state Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) to repair broken and old bunds, especially in flood prone areas, as a proactive measure as there are possiblities of the high tide phenomenon reoccuring in mid Oct, Nov and Dec.
"The possibility of the high tide phenomenon happening again in the next few months were based on the information received from Lembaga Urus Air Selangor.
"The DID and other state agencies need to repair bunds that are weak so that it would not be affected in the future," he said after visiting flood victims at the Kampung Tok Muda relief centre in Kapar today.
Meanwhile, a Selangor Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said three temporary relief centres in the Klang, Kuala Selangor and Sabak Bernam districts where families were evacuated to since Sunday have been closed.
The Kampung Tok Muda hall, which housed 34 families with 152 members and at Lorong Hamzah 2 in Tanjong Karang, which had three families with 15 members, were closed at 2pm today.
The Sungai Air Tawar temporary relief centre in Sabak Bernam, which housed 54 victims from 15 families, was closed at 3pm.
The spokesman added that the department will work closely with the Civil Defence Department and the local authorities in the cleaning up the victims' homes.