Govt plans to increase flood sirens with public announcements

The government plans to increase siren stations that are also equipped with public announcements at flood-prone areas to warn residents and also to instruct them to evacuate.

Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob (above) in a statement today said this was part of the proposed improvements discussed in the Post-Northeast Monsoon Flood Disaster Management Task Force special meeting which he chaired today.

He said the proposed improvements also include having a Centralised Flood Siren Warning System coordinated by the Irrigation and Drainage Department; closed-circuit television cameras at river level monitoring stations to enable residents to be prepared to evacuate should the river...