Forestry Dept to identify high-risk areas prone to natural disasters, says Takiyuddin


Energy and Natural Resources Minister Takiyuddin Hassan says he has asked the Peninsular Malaysia Forestry Department to submit a report on identify high-risk areas prone to be affected by natural disaster in the peninsula, along with mitigation measures, within a month. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, January 11, 2022.

THE Peninsular Malaysia Forestry Department (JPSM) has been instructed to immediately identify high-risk areas prone to be affected by natural disaster in the peninsula.

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Takiyuddin Hassan said the move was taken as an immediate action to overcome accumulation of driftwood and debris, landslides and water surges in several states due to heavy rain and floods recently.


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