BARAM: Tonnes of emergency supplies of food aid are being deployed into remote northern Sarawak for the thousands of rural communities affected by last week’s floods.
Sarawak Deputy Minister for Local Government and Housing Datuk Dr Pengguang Manggil said the state welfare and district office were arranging food aid deployments.
“Fullscale mobilisation of resources is underway to send food supplies to as many flooded settlements as soon as possible.
“We are using cargo boats and tugboats to travel using rivers into the flood hit zones as all roads are flooded and cannot be used by land transport.
He said, those who were stranded should be patient and wait for authorities to reach them.
“They must not make attempts to get out as it is too risky,” he said today when visiting flood-hit Marudi district, which has a population of 40,000 people.
