He said the tendering process for the projects needs to be done as soon as possible, considering that the flood issue is a recurring problem.
"If we don’t do anything serious to address this issue, it will happen again. This is not the first time, and it has been going on for years and sometimes twice a year. "As such, we decided that expensive flood mitigation projects worth RM600mil and more will be expedited,” he told reporters after visiting the temporary relief centre at SJKC Kampung Tengah here Sunday .
He said the postponement of six flood mitigation projects before this was to avoid leakages in allocations to assist the people.
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