Floods: two Batu Pahat routes still closed to light vehicles

BATU PAHAT – Two routes in Batu Pahat, namely Parit Sulong to Seri Medan and Parit Sulong to Tongkang Pechah, are still closed to light vehicles as the roads are under more than 0.3m of floodwaters.

Batu Pahat district police chief Ismail Dollah said heavy vehicles had been allowed to pass through the area since five days ago.

“I advise drivers of heavy vehicles to slow down when passing through these locations because we have received complaints from residents whose windows, doors and fences were broken due to being hit by ‘waves’ created by the speedy movement of vehicles,” he said at the clean-up operation in Yong Peng here today.

Ismail said other routes around Batu Pahat were reopened to all types of vehicles after the floodwaters receded yesterday.

In another development, Ismail said the police received one report of a house break-in in Parit Sulong on Saturday, however, he said the investigation found that there was no loss reported. – Bernama, March 13, 2023