Floods: 6,010 relief centres on standby for year-end monsoon, Dewan Rakyat told


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KUALA LUMPUR: More than 6,000 temporary flood relief centres nationwide will be made ready in anticipation of the year-end floods, says Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Special Functions) Datuk Mastura Mohd Yazid.

“The Social Welfare Department has prepared 6,010 centres (with a total capacity of) 1,620,855 evacuees,” she said during the oral question-and-answer session in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday (Oct 3).

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