KUALA LUMPUR: The government needs to review the aid distribution process following the lack of communication between the National Disaster Management Council (Nadma) and village heads as seen during the recent flood disaster.
Sepang Member of Parliament Mohamed Hanipa Maidin said the authorities should have held a briefing with the respective ketua kampung on how the aid would be distributed.
"What happened was Nadma said there would be aid given to the residents affected by the flood, but there was no briefing to the ketua kampung.
"The village heads are responsible to provide further information for the residents," he said during the special sitting of the Dewan Rakyat here today.
Hanipa added the Nadma emergency hotline for flood victims was not efficient and even claimed it was not in service during the floods which struck Klang Valley and other states in Peninsular Malaysia in December last year.
"There is a hotline number but there is no line so the residents will turn to the ketua kampung for more information.
"When nobody responds, the people will continue to suffer," he said.
On Dec 30, the New Straits Times reported Klang Valley flood victims had claimed there were no clear guidelines on how to apply for the RM1,000 flood aid from the government.
While the government cash aid did not require a police report, some of the residents, however, received different directions such as to include a police report as well as to submit copies of their identification cards which were lost during the floods in their applications.
