Selangor Journal
A view of the flood-affected Taman Sri Muda area in Section 25, Shah Alam, on December 22, 2021. — Picture by BERNAMA.

Taman Sri Muda residents welcome proposal to improve flood warning siren

SHAH ALAM, Jan 5 — Residents of Taman Sri Muda, Section 25 here welcomed the proposal by the Malaysian Meteorological Department to improve the country’s flood management, especially the warning system in high-risk areas to instruct residents to evacuate.

One of the residents, Asuwadi Ismail, 50, said the proposal could save the lives and properties of the residents.

However, he said the monitoring of the system needs to be maintained from time to time to ensure that it works at all times.

Asuwadi said that after the major floods in 1995, the authorities had placed a flood warning siren on the main bridge entering the park area.

Asuwadi said the idea was really good, although he did not hear the warning as many others and he suspected it did not work.

Among other improvement proposals submitted by the department at the Special Meeting of the North East Monsoon Disaster Post-Flood Management Task Force 2021/2022 chaired by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob recently included the Centralised Flood Siren Warning System coordinated by the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID), the installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at water level monitoring stations so that residents are ready to evacuate if the water is at a dangerous level.

Apart from that, also proposed were the Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) and Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) programme through flood and information training activities announced by the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia.

Bernama employee Chong Yinn Chuan, 64, who is also a resident of Taman Sri Muda, said he also supported the proposed voice warning system but it needed to be set up in a high place so as not to be damaged during the floods.

“Besides that, the sluice gates and pumps in Taman Sri Muda must be repaired to function and not neglected as happened recently because the lives of the residents also depend on it,” he said.

The two residents also stated that they did not hear any flood warning system during the floods on Dec 18.

Selangor Irrigation and Drainage Department (JPS) deputy director (Development) Mohd Nazri Yasmin said his department would improve the flood warning sound so that residents in any area could hear the siren in the event of further noise disturbance during the disaster.

— Bernama

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