By Zareef Muzammil
SHAH ALAM, Feb 3 — More than 30,000 families in Klang who were affected by the December floods last year will receive aid under the Bantuan Selangor Bangkit (BSB) initiative in stages beginning Friday.
District officer Mohd Faizal Abdul Raji said the aid was already disbursed to some 14,000 families. At the same time, the remaining figure will be sorted out soon as there are overlapping and new applications.
“We hope that the flood victims can be patient, and we assure them that those eligible will receive the assistance,” he said when contacted by SelangorKini.
Mohd Faizal said a total of 70,000 applications have been submitted and is undergoing a lengthy vetting process with the help of officers from other agencies.
“We hope that those affected would be able to understand because we are not able to approve the applications immediately. We have to vet through it, and with the large number at hand, it requires a lot of staff to do so,” he added.
The two-day torrential rain from December 17, 2021, had resulted in double the rainfall compared to the previous high of 180 millimetres and caused severe flooding in several locations in the state.
Following the incident, the state government had on December 21 announced the RM100 million allocation under the BSB programme to help flood-hit families.
Apart from infrastructural recovery, the initiative also covers RM10,000 cash aid to the families of flood victims who perished in the incident. RM1,000 cash is also provided to the heads of flood victims’ families to help them restore their homes and cover the damages sustained from the incident.
