Garbage in flood-hit districts will be cleared by month-end

By month-end, the Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation will clear garbage sedimented by floods at several districts in Pahang.

Its CEO, Datuk Ab Rahim Md Noor said to date, 60 percent of the 25,000 tonnes of garbage at flood-affected areas had been cleared.

"God-willing, the balance of the 40 percent will be disposed off at the end of this month.

"Temerloh has the most garbage due to the floods, at 20,000 tonnes, 80 percent of which has been cleared," he said.

He was speaking to reporters at the corporation's Humanitarian Mission Help Flood Victims ceremony, together with the Mata Hati Association at Taman Pelangkah near here Sunday.

During the ceremony, Ab Rahim and the corporation staff took part in a gotong-royong with residents to clean up the area which was inundated by the recent floods.