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KULAI: The Johor government has introduced a special task force to address flood hotspots across the state and develop a holistic mitigation strategy, says Johor executive councillor Datuk Mohd Jafni Md Shukor.
JOHOR BARU: Several locations near here are reporting flash floods and rising water following continuous rainfall since Wednesday (March 19) morning.
JOHOR government plans to relocate the residents of 54 squatter villages found along Sungai Tebrau, said Datuk Mohd Jafni Md Shukor.
JOHOR BARU: Johor will be spending RM9mil to clean up and rehabilitate polluted rivers in the state this year, says Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi.
JOHOR BARU: Johor will continue its river clean-up efforts with an RM9mil allocation for this year, said Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi.
JOHOR BARU: Contractors tasked with cleaning up Sungai Tebrau collect about three tonnes of waste daily, says Datuk Noorazam Osman.
JOHOR BARU: A 39-year-old local man has drowned while fishing at Sungai Tebrau here.
SINCE January, the Johor Baru City Council (MBJB) has spent close to RM100,000 a month to clean up Sungai Tebrau, in efforts to revive the once beautiful river.
JOHOR BARU: The federal government has allocated RM41mil to build a river wall along Sungai Tebrau near Kangkar Tebrau through the Johor Drainage and Irrigation Department (JPS).
JOHOR BARU: People are dumping garbage by the truckloads into Sungai Tebrau here causing its water to turn smelly and slimy.
JOHOR BARU: The ongoing rain since Friday (Jan 10) morning has resulted in hundreds of families being evacuated from their homes to the temporary relief centres (PPS).
KUALA LUMPUR: Water levels at 30 rivers nationwide have breached dangerous levels as of 11am Friday (Nov 29).
A TASK force has been set up by the Johor government to coordinate efforts from various departments to reduce water pollution.
JOHOR BARU: Squatters are one of the main contributors to river pollution in the state, especially at Sungai Tebrau here, says Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi.
JOHOR BARU: The recent floods that swept through Johor Baru were among the most severe the city has experienced in over three decades, says mayor Datuk Mohd Haffiz Ahmad.
Johor Baru City Council (MBJB) has spent RM20,000 on the monthly clean-up of Sungai Tebrau, as part of the efforts to rehabilitate the river.
ISKANDAR Puteri City Council (MBIP) will be cracking down on illegal dumping and river pollution using smart drones that will be taking to the skies soon.
IN THE 1970s until 1990s, Sungai Tebrau was bountiful with fish and crustaceans.
JOHOR BARU: Two men have been detained on suspicion of their involvement in an odour pollution case that led to the closure of three schools and 27 students getting ill.A lorry driver and his assistant, aged 23 and 28, were nabbed at about 11pm on Monday, said Johor Baru South OCPD Asst Comm Raub Selamat.
JOHOR BARU: The presence of ammonia gas at higher than normal levels along Sungai Pandan has been detected, says the Environment Department.
