PENAMPANG: Sabah deputy chief minister Jeffrey Kitingan has proposed the setting up of a coordinating committee to ensure that concerns raised by communities on issues relating to development projects are heard.
The proposed committee will consist of government departments and agencies as well as project contractors, he said.
Kitingan said this after a meeting with community leaders of Kg Kolopis here today who came to seek his help regarding the worsening flood situation in their village.
“I will bring this up to the Cabinet so that there will be a discussion,” he said, adding that there should be a coordinating committee looking into the Pan Borneo Highway project near the village.
He also said he would help the villagers by writing to the Public Works Department (JKR) and the project contractor.
However, Kitingan said there were no shortcuts to mitigate floods in the district as it required huge amounts of resources and time.
He said the federal government had agreed to give off-budget allocations amounting to RM408 million next year. - FMT
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