Linggiu dam emergency plan to be reviewed after deadly Nepal floods

Key points

• Fadillah, who is also the energy transition and water transformation minister, said the Linggiu dam was fully managed, maintained and monitored by Singapore’s Public Utilities Board under the 1962 Johor River Water Agreement and its 1990 supplementary agreement.
• He said that despite Singapore’s operational oversight, Malaysia, as the owner of the dam, must comply with the Dam Safety Management Guidelines which require comprehensive, regularly updated emergency action plans.
• Fadillah said that under the national disaster framework, the National Disaster Management Agency is responsible for coordinating emergency responses, public notifications and community evacuations during structural or hydrological emergencies.

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