Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming states that the responsibility for identifying and gazetting flood-prone areas as development restrictions lies with individual states under Article 74 of the Federal Constitution. He explains that the gazetting process is initiated by the respective Mentri Besar or Chief Minister based on land ownership status.
KUALA LUMPUR: It is up to the respective states to gazette a location under their jurisdiction as flood hot spots , says Nga Kor Ming.
"As such, gazetting a flood risk area as a zone that is prohibited from development comes under the states’ jurisdiction. Wee wanted to know the consideration given by the ministry for gazetting an area as flood hot spots and the plans to tighten the laws to restrict land use to minimise flooding. "The ministry is only responsible for upgrading irrigation and drainage through the Local Government Department in an area which has been identified by the local councils as a flood hot spot," he added.
FLOOD HOT SPOTS DEVELOPMENT RESTRICTIONS FEDERAL CONSTITUTION LAND OWNERSHIP STATE JURISDICTION
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