(Translated from Bahasa Malaysia)

SHAH ALAM – Selangor will have a complete database related to disaster risk management such as floods or landslides by 2022.

Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari said the state government in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and the International Disaster Science Research Institute (IRIDeS) had started a four-year disaster risk reporting study starting in March last year.

According to him, the data allows for the prevention and initial preparation carried out by the disaster management unit, especially in facing the risk.

“If we can make an early detection of land movement, we can reduce the risk, avoid death based on the initial signs presented in the study,” he said.

He said this at the handing over of the Disaster Risk Report Book at the Selangor Economic Action Council (MTES) Meeting Room, Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Building here today.

Also present, Exco for Environment, Green Technology, Science, Technology and Innovation and Consumer Affairs, Hee Loy Sian; Selangor State Infrastructure and Facilities Exco, Agriculture Modernization and Agro-based Industry, Ir Izham Hashim and Selangor Housing and Urban Life Exco, Haniza Mohamed Talha.

Amirudin said, Selangor was lucky to be selected as a test set for the disaster detection study, ahead of other states in terms of disaster management.

“We are trying to improve disaster management to local authorities (PBT) and related departments that not only deal with disasters but early prevention that can be done through rain distribution data and wind cycles,” he said.