PUTRAJAYA: It is back to school for more than 300 children after last Thursday’s landslide in Precinct 9 here – with Umno Youth members as their schoolbus drivers.
Putrajaya division Youth chief Ahmad Zaki Zahid said they had several vans that could be used to ferry the children to school from their new homes in Precinct 14.
“If the need arises, the members have volunteered to use their personal cars. This is to ensure the children do not miss another day in school,” he said yesterday, adding that the distance between the precincts was far.
Welcome aid: Ahmad Zaki handing over a box of household items to Syarifah Salwa Syed Ahmad, who is one of those affected by the landslide, at the Precinct 14 apartments in Putrajaya yesterday. On the right is Datin Seri Anggraini Sentiyaki, who is the wife of Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor. — Bernama
Ahmad Zaki said the transport offered by the Youth division was apart from the buses provided by Putrajaya Corporation.
He added that it was part of the wing’s welfare project, which included supplying essential items such as toothpaste, cooking oil and foodstuff to the 341 affected families.
Ahmad Zaki presented 341 boxes containing the items, worth RM20,000, to the affected government servants at their new homes yesterday.
Precinct 9 residents committee chairman Mohd Tahir Mohd said the affected families had not yet been given the option to shift permanently to the Precinct 14 apartments, as that would depend on the state of their affected homes.
Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd corporate communications general manager Abdul Halem Mat Som said the structure of the reservoir located on a hill near the landslide area was strong and had no crack.
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