Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will head to Kedah tomorrow to check on the latest flood situation in the state, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
The National Disaster Management Committee chairman also said that personnel from the National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA) as well as relevant departments and agencies had been mobilised to the state’s temporary relief centres.
“The Prime Minister will go to Kedah tomorrow. Although Kedah is governed by others (opposition), we still care about the people.
“We have sent (personnel), not just NADMA personnel but we are also coordinating this operation with other departments and agencies. Earlier, NADMA director-general (Datuk Khairul Shahril Idrus) briefed me on the need to have his men at the relief centres,’ he said.
Ahmad Zahid, also the Minister of Rural and Regional Development, said this when met by reporters at the MARA Automotive Ecosystem programme at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil here today.
The number o
f flood victims in Kedah rose to 6,588 people as of 2 pm compared with 6,087 people at 8 am today.
Source: BERNAMA News Agency
