KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — To facilitate travel planning and to find out the latest on the flood situation, especially during this monsoon season, the public is encouraged to download the MyPublicInfoBanjir application via their smartphones.
Environment and Water Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Dr Zaini Ujang said that through the application, there are 1,500 areas nationwide that display relevant data such as current river water levels and accurate information on floods through the placement of hydrological telemetry stations in the area.
“We want the people to use this application. It will provide very specific data related to floods. For example, if you want to go back to the kampung, there likely may be floods and so on in the middle of the road,” he said after visiting the National Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (PRABN) here today.
Zaini said more hydrological telemetry stations are expected to be added in the future so that access to flood data in more localities, especially in rural areas, can be obtained.
MyPublicInfoBanjir, which was launched on November 12, was developed for the use of all smartphone users so that notifications on current rain and river water levels and flood warning announcements can be accessed in real time.
PRABN recorded a total of 232 flood incidents from November last year to January 3 this year.
— Bernama
