KUALA LUMPUR – Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Mohd Nassuruddin Haji Daud has thanked Putrajaya for an additional RM177.96 million in “wang ehsan”, or compassionate funds.
He said this brings the amount of wang ehsan Kelantan has received this year to RM216.96 million.
Nassuruddin also thanked Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who announced more allocations for flood mitigation projects in the state when he visited two days ago.
This includes RM6 million for the immediate construction of a temporary embankment for the Sg Golok Integrated River Basin Development Project.
The additional funds also cover procurements needed for five new flood mitigation projects that will cost RM910.52 million, to begin in 2024.
During Anwar’s visit to Kelantan two days ago, he also announced the federal government’s assistance of RM50 million to help flood victims in the state, with each affected family receiving RM1,000.
Meanwhile, the number of flood victims in Kelantan, Terengganu, Johor and Pahang has decreased, with 14,891 people at 60 temporary evacuation centres this morning, compared to 16,919 victims last night.
Kelantan still has the highest number of people affected by the floods, with 13,976 individuals at 40 temporary evacuation centres in Pasir Mas, Kuala Krai, Tumpat and Jeli. – December 30, 2023