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TUMPAT, January 9: More than 2,000 island village residents in the Teluk Renjuna sub-district are waiting to have their well-being analyzed after running out of food for nearly three days following the third wave of floods currently hitting Kelantan.
Most of the neighbors gathered by Bernama said they had lost contact with the ‘outside world’ due to rapid river currents in the island’s villages since Wednesday with water levels exceeding 10 meters.
Suliana Shafi-in, a 40-year-old resident of Kampung Pulau Suri, said that today was the second day she was without food, but she was grateful to her family, including her neighbors, who were willing to share her food.
“I want to go out to the nearby town to buy food but it is impossible since the river currents have been quite fast for the last two or three days and it is quite dangerous for us that we only have this regular boat to navigate it.” said the single mother of four.
A resident of the same village, Ramly Ibrahim, 62, said that in order to continue surviving, 80 village residents helped each other by sharing food such as rice, sugar, salt, milk, etc. with your neighbors in need.
“Thank God, the water near our houses is starting to diminish, but the river currents are quite fast at the moment, so they prevent us from going to town to buy basic necessities.
“While we wait for the water to recede and the situation is not dangerous, we agreed to share food with neighbors who have a shortage of rice, eggs, sugar, salt and others,” said the fisherman.
Another resident of Kampung Pulau Suri, 62-year-old Mustafa Mahmud, said that in addition to the lack of food supply and basic necessities, the incomes of most residents around Pulau Teluk Renjuna were affected since the start of the season. monsoon.
“Also, the flood situation this time makes it more difficult for most of the island’s residents, who are fishermen and small traders, to earn a living. They also don’t know how long before the situation changes for the better, ”he said.
In addition to Kampung Pulau Suri, Kampung Haji Nik Mat and Kampung Lubuk Kawah were among the villages that were flooded due to the overflow of water from Sungai Kelantan to waist level. They were located less than 100 meters from the river.
Meanwhile, the Selangor Bandar Botani Community Rehabilitation Center, in collaboration with Pertubuhan Ayahanda Anakanda Malaysia (PAAK) and the National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) Kota Bharu, had distributed 500 food packages in each village on the islands.
“Through the report I received, most of the residents here are fishermen and their income is greatly affected after the monsoon season.
“In fact, we were also told that more than 2,000 residents around Pulau Teluk Renjuna have been without food for nearly three days,” PAAK President Datuk Seri Zainal Adnan Shukri said as coordinator of the relief mission.
One donor recipient identified as Mat, 55, expressed appreciation to those involved in the flood relief mission, as there was not enough food in his home at this time.
“This is the first time that the authorities and non-governmental organizations have come to contribute with us since the beginning of the third wave of this flood,” said Mat, who lives in Kampung Lubuk Kawah. – Bernama
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