The National Flood Forecasting and Warning Programme Phase 1 (2015-2022) has produced “dismal performance”, with forecast accuracy of just 5.6%, The Star reported.
In addition to its low accuracy, the programme was also found to be not capable of issuing warnings and announcements two days before the occurrence of floods, according to the auditor-general’s report.
An audit was carried out in Phase One of the flood forecasting and warning programme, involving three river basins in Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang,The Star reported. “Audit checks found only 32 of 83 flood warnings were issued two days earlier while 51 warnings were issued less than two days before floods occurred,” the audit report wrote.
The report also found that the Irrigation and Drainage Department (DID) did not carry out preventive maintenance on any of the 204 flood warning stations after the warranty period had expired. “If malfunctioning equipment is not repaired, there is a risk of financial loss. It is recommended that maintenance be done according to plan to ensure that stations and equipment are functioning properly,” it continued.
Also discovered was that data from 118 pieces of equipment was not received at the gateway for three consecutive months, risking the accuracy of flood forecasting, the report wrote. While the programme assists the department in making flood forecasts and warnings, achievement in terms of delivery, however, was less satisfactory with regard to issuing flood warnings, the audit had found.
The department responded by saying that late flood warnings were due to several factors, which include dynamic changes in the weather and “significant weather occurrences that only allow for floods to be detected in less than two days. The National Flood Forecasting and Warning Programme is being implemented in two phases, with an initial allocation of RM530 million, The Star wrote.
In February, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) revealed that the country suffered RM622.4 million in losses due to floods in 2022, of which vehicle losses amounted to RM18.8 million.
Thus, losses to floods can and does turn out to be significant, and it drives home the importance of having Special Perils coverage on one’s vehicle insurance policy. Based on an Impact of Pandemic on Protection survey that was conducted by Zurich Malaysia among 990 vehicle owners in September 2021, 59% of respondents were not covered for flood damage.
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At this rate even the coconut bomoh is more accurate than this RM145m POS
Jabatan Pengairan Dan Saliran was under the helm of that polygamous PAS dude.. menteri alam sekitar if i am not wrong. Simply an utter failure
If the best minds couldn’t predict daily weather to mitigate flash floods, then climate change as a theory is just total nonsense. Using the weak theory to create an ESG industry and form policies and dictate what cars we get to drive? No not buying it.
lol, its has always been like this..u just born this few years is it?
You know in 2015 BN rules right, and after being taken over by PH still do nothing too right?
2015-2022, PH was only in power 22 months & PM was Mahathir. Whereas BN, PN(Bersatu, PAS), and MN(BN + PN) were in power for 62 months….and Environment Minister were BN & PAS. To add comedy to stupidity, the PAS menteri said Malaysia is not a climate change-prone country.
2015-2022, PH was only in power 22 months & PM was Mahathir +some traitors. Its a good thing PH Env.Minister.Yeo Bee Yin done her job well in that short 22 months.
Whereas after that… BN, PN(Bersatu, PAS), and MN(BN + PN) were in power for 62 months….and Environment Ministers were from BN & PAS. To add comedy to stupidity, the PAS menteri said Malaysia is not a climate change-prone country.
Cant expect too much frm Pas poligami minister.. Even ahli pas rejecting them,
Whats the blardy use of annual audits,just to show auditors r paid to do the job. 145 juta rm is a lot of money,from taxpayers.
In private sector,if the audits showed failure/negligence on someone..that idiot will face the chop, 24 hrs notice.
But here,we can have a ‘rm3000’ pair of binoculars which cost only rm100..and no one is sacked,demoted.Bear in mind,the procurement is hundreds of pairs..not just one pair.
No need all these hot gas wayang…after all, the negligent dude just get is a slap on his/her wrist..with friendly warning “”pandai pandai,ya..lain kali jangan repeat,ya.”
Apa boleh here besides bribery record that is world renowned?
Please continue the audits…maybe we’ll get somewhere with working out where all the money is going since it clearly isn’t getting to its intended destination.
Ask MB Kelantan and Terengganu to sell their Benz’s and do the deeds
and Pas sanusi’s FORD RAPTOR too…
These idiots still driving their Benz w. I thought they have to walk the talk? Mercedes Benz donated €1M to Israel wor…. Why they never boikot?
They have double standards when Boycotting.
Very soon,tons of grab drivers,KFC,MCDEE,Starbucks employees will get the golden handshakes for redundancy..their own nephews,nieces,friends ,father ,mum who r innocent.
Penang also flooding last time
As expected, it happend, it is happening and it wll always happen bez our tax payer hard earned money,
Not bad the cronies and family business by previous approvals are laughing and said RM145mil for 5% means you will need to pay me RM145mil x 20 = RM2.9Billion to make it to 100%.
So when are you gonna pay up for the future of my business and family who is in love with direct negotiation tender at inflated price since its just tax payers money.
5.6% accuracy?? Hahaha worst than flipping a coin. Just need 50 sen instead of 145m
what a long article to try and blame the previous government by the current on the failure on mitigating floods
curent PM also in one of previous government
And your point is? He was with BN back in the 90s until he was sacked. He was not in govt even when PH won in GE14, Mahathir was PM7. The period under consideration in this news article is 2015~2022.
Still wanna blame DSAI?
The flood detection system failure is just one of the many ripple-effects caused by the graft & corruption, bigotry, lies, empty promises by previous govts(BN, Bersatu, PAS) before the UG took over(push aside BN for this).
Toilet issue. Need more funds to fix a leaking problem. Drainage maintenance is poor. You officers go “turun padang” la…sit at office for what! Look at the drainage. Poorly maintained, blockages, spillover, some even filled with lalang, etc. etc.
Biasalah kat Malaysia. Suit tu 80-90% dah masuk poket.
I think there have been far too many instances related to the failure to maintain the equipments in Malaysia. I do not understand why this issue keeps haunting us in Malaysia…. Can someone from the relevant department please explain this issue to the Rakyat, please?
Meritoo
Saman YB and Mentri responsible like Saman Najib
All these are caused by the previous govt….only know hw to belanja taxpayers monies…i mean lesap the wang….but never done any improvement…u know why they enter politics…coz if becomes adun or mp or both gt wages, allowances n pensions …if become a speaker then another wages,allowances n pensions…become menteri lagi triple.. so PPBM n PAS punya celaka tahu korek wang saja
selangor PH government since 2008, always flood in same area in shah alam until today.
Ya lah.. the late Khalid Ibrahim then followed by Azmin Ali. Azmin is pkr by shirt logo but is a lackey of Mahathir. That’s why he betrayed PH in 2020 sheraton move. The late Khalid Ibrahim, i wont talk abt him. Let him r.i.p.
This is the kind of attitude our civil servant having, tak apa attitude, or they just have no pride in their work, they are there to ambil gaji buta. Waste of rakyat money good for the suppliers and ppl with interest.
Cost only RM1mil, balance used to build swimming pool at home.
Not enough coconuts ? The system need more bomohs n coconuts to be better.
Is the photo at the top photo shopped?
We are regressing more n more ….thanks to ours policymakers