INSIDE page page Bad times bring out 2 Cardboard city 3 TELLING IT AS IT IS the best in people needs help ON MONDAY JANUARY 11, 2021 No. 7698 PP 2644/12/2012 (031195) www.thesundaily.my STRANDED ... A resident of Kampung Mambang in Pekan, Pahang appears helpless at the window of his stilt house while waiting to be evacuated yesterday. – ASHRAF SHAMSUL AZLAN/THESUN Plan for the long term █ BY NICOLAS ANIL
[email protected] oAlso essential to look at the big picture when ETALING JAYA: A combination of measures is essential to formulating solutions for annual floods problem reduce, if not stop, the floods in several states in Malaysia during managed to keep the floods at bay. and government agencies is also Pthe annual monsoon season. “The principle is to control the crucial to reduce the risk of On the one hand, rivers can be problem. Floods have a role to play too. major flooding and to prevent widened and deepened to increase their They carry good soil downstream and pollution,” he added. capacity for a higher volume of water play a role in ensuring balance in the Nor Hisham’s when the monsoon brings incessant ecosystem,” he said. predecessor at the DID, rains, particularly in the east coast states “While floods are inevitable for some Datuk Keizrul Abdullah, of Peninsular Malaysia. people, steps can be taken to ensure that said that while urban At the same time, reforestation, or re- they do not render us useless,” he added. areas like Kuala Lumpur greening of our environment, must be He said that good reserves, such as have a good system to carried out to reduce water flow into the wetlands, cater to the overflow of water, deal with flash floods page rivers, according to two flood mitigation but they must be protected.