Almost RM400m needed to overcome floods in Padang Serai

The flood problem in the Padang Serai parliamentary constituency can be resolved with RM400 million allocation, said Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidate for the seat, Azman Nasrudin.

Azman, who is also Lunas assemblyperson, said the estimate was put up by the Kulim District Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) engineers who had drawn up the flood mitigation project for the entire area.

However, he said the allocation estimate has not been brought to the federal level for approval.

"The Kulim DID has drawn up an outline of the flood mitigation plan. It costs a lot. Not just the flood as the river banks had also collapsed in Lunas area.

"When I brought this matter to Kulim DID, they started to repair it by building a new river bank.

“The department had worked hard on the issues but for the flood mitigation, we need more (projects)," he said when met campaigning in Kampung Nesa today.

Azman added the issue of flash floods is one of the matters he has been giving priority and it will also be taken up at the parliamentary level if he is given the mandate.

The 15th general election (GE15) for the Padang Serai parliamentary seat is seeing a six-way fight between Azman, Mohamad Sofee Razak (Pakatan Harapan), C Sivaarrajh (BN), Hamzah Abd Rahman (Pejuang), Mohd Bakhri Hashim (Warisan ) and Independent candidate Sreanandha Rao.

The Election Commission (EC) earlier said the GE15 voting for the Padang Serai seat was postponed to Dec 7 and early voting to Dec 3 following the death of Harapan candidate M Karupaiya.

The August 2022 Supplementary Electoral Roll updated as of Oct 9 containing 133,867 voters involving 133,776 regular voters, 76 police and 15 absentee voters abroad will be used for the election.

- Bernama

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