ALOR SETAR: Kedah is ready to face any eventuality should floods occur, with preparations already made and areas most at risk having been identified.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah said government agencies involved in disaster management have been instructed to be in a state of preparedness in facing the possibility of floods.
"Agencies like the District Office, the Civil Defence Force and the Social Welfare Department (JKM) have been told to take immediate action to evacuate victims to safe locations in the event of floods.
"We have also asked JKM to coordinate the food supply depot and basic necessities for flood victims in each district if floods occur," he said after visiting Sekolah Kebangsaan Mergong, here, in conjunction with the first day of the 2017 new school session.
Low-lying and flood-prone areas in the state include the districts of Kubang Pasu, Padang Terap, Kota Setar, Yan, Pendang and Kuala Muda. --BERNAMA