21-05-2025
Johor allocates RM213mil for 353 flood management projects
ISKANDAR PUTERI: The Johor government will have spent RM213mil to implement 353 flood management projects in hotspots involving 16 local government authorities since 2023.
State housing and local government committee chairman Datuk Mohd Jafni Md Shukor said that for 2025 alone, the state has allocated RM106.2mil to implement 104 projects in flood hotspots involving 16 local authorities.
He said the Johor Baru City Council received the highest allocation of RM42.4mil to implement 16 flood management projects, followed by the Iskandar Puteri City Council (RM36.1mil; 13 projects), Pasir Gudang City Council (RM9.1mil; 16 projects) and the Kulai Municipal Council (RM5.7mil; 15 projects).
The projects involve, among others, upgrading reservoirs, building small dams along drains and raising the drain walls to avoid flooding in the low-lying areas, he said, adding that the methods for solving the flood issue vary from area to area.
Apart from that, he said development must also be kept under control.
"We have found over the past three years that areas that used to be flood-free have become flooded due to uncontrolled development," he told a press conference here on Wednesday (May 21).
Mohd Jafni said there was also a need to improve the conditions and specifications for drainage and flood management in planning permission in line with the rapid pace of development and changing rainfall patterns.
"The specifications given to these developers are specifications that are 10, 15 years old and are not relevant to the amount of rainfall that falls now, which has increased five or six times.
"If we control the development part, and we solve these flood hotspot areas, the flood problems can be resolved," he said. - Bernama
