KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 — The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) will propose the development of a drought action plan to the National Disaster Management Council to strengthen preparedness for the phenomenon.

Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Datuk Seri Arthur Joseph Kurup said the proposal would be submitted for the council’s consideration, so that action plans for floods and droughts could also be developed, in addition to the existing National Haze Action Plan.

“This is something that will be brought to the National Disaster Management Council, so that, apart from an action plan for haze, we will also have action plans for floods and droughts,” he said in the Dewan Rakyat today.