KUCHING, April 2 — The Social Welfare Department (JKM) has been instructed to open a few more temporary relief centres (PPS) to accommodate victims of the gas pipeline fire in Putra Heights, Selangor.
Women, Family, and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said one of the PPS currently accommodating the victims is Masjid Putra Heights.
“The victims at the mosque cannot stay there for a long period. So, we will discuss further what we can do,” she told the press after attending Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof’s Aidilfitri Open House today.
As of 11am today, JKM registered 484 victims, and not all of them were at the PPS as some were still being treated in the hospital.
"We have 16 male senior citizens, 18 female senior citizens, 149 male adults, 141 female adults, 68 male children, 67 female children, and 21 babies, 16 of them girls. There are also four people with disabilities,” Nancy said.
A One-Stop Social Support Centre truck has been mobilised to the PSS, ready to provide counselling services and psychological assistance to victims.
Meanwhile, she appealed to the public and organisations intending to donate in kind to the victims to temporarily postpone their intention due to space constraints.
Donors can contact JKM to discuss the appropriate form of assistance to be channelled.
— Bernama
