Sabo dam construction won’t stop floods, stopping deforestation will


Veronica Lim Yi Hui

The government has earmarked RM393 billion to combat the effects of climate change over the next 50 years. The construction of sabo dams is one of the flood prevention projects. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, August 22, 2022.

THE Baling flood disaster in early July has become a political football for politicians to pass back and forth.

Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor has denied that the Musang king durian plantation in the Gunung Inas Forest Reserve was the cause of the flood, insisting that the incident was a natural disaster caused by excessive water flushed down the hills.


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