Water, water everywhere in Bintulu 30/11/2020 Monday
On 27th November, 2020, Bintulu was heavily flooded in many areas. Why? You all must ask yourselves and others, YB Tion King Sing especially, for the reasons for the plights. Bintulu being a coastal town is not supposed to face floods in any degree. What has really gone wrong in Bintulu, I wonder? I went to Bintulu once only to visit my third younger sister and her family in 199-. Only, Bintuluans know best what has gone wrong.
In early years, floods were common in Sibu, but not in Bintulu and Miri, not to say Lawas or Limbang in my impression. Sibu is not spare of floods now. Nowadays, Floods have become common and rampant in Bintulu and Miri, especially, why?
Who should be accountable for the frequent floods in Bintulu and Miri? If not YBs and the ruling party, who? YB Tiong King Sing seems to know a lot about flood woes in Sibu and for sure as he locked horns with YB Soon Koh Wong over the issues of floods in Sibu months ago, he owes Bintuluan an explanation for the flood woes on November 27th, 2020 in Bintulu. Why not?
Though I am not an expert and may not be so accurate specifically to talk about the flood woes in Bintulu, I dare to make some guesses based on my knowledge of flood woes in Sibu over years of observation and study. By general law of nature, water always flows downwards and the drainage system must be in capacity to discharge. However, the deluge from the two dams plus the torrential rain plus the king tides, heavy floods occurs just naturally. It is common sense. What were the immediate causes of floods on November 27th, 2020, I wonder?
The water was Teh-tarik in colour. In Sibu, if the water is Teh-tarik in colour, it is the water overflowing from the Rejang River. On the other hand, if it is Kopi-O in colour, it is the local stagnant rain water. What about it in Bintulu, I wonder?
The main causes of flood have been discussed and forumed many, many and many times already to be:
1. Indiscriminate logging for different economic activities-- plundering way of development
2. Two big dams upstream – the large volume of discharge -- deluge
3. A large tract of land has been cleared for the Baleh dam which is almost ready for operation next year, 2021
4. Shallowing of river system as a result of soil erosion and so siltation
5. Lack of water catchment areas
6. Not building enough reservoirs in the forms of tube wells and tunnels to deal with excess water
7. Poor local drainage system in the flood areas
8. Lack of the whole network of drainage system
Don’t blame the inclement weather for floods as the good government is well-prepared for abnormal weather conditions when it has become normal phenomena.
The YBs and BN-GPS government are as helpless as babies as far as flood problems are concerned. So far, what they do is having installed flood alarm system and set up the rescue team to help the rakyat. See that they can not do more than these since time immemorial. Do you still have Hope in them to improve you lots?
Wake up, friends, reject the BN-GPS government for your own and future generations good and well-being to opt for a better and more dynamic one – the one who dares to declare Sarawak Independence and Freedom.
The BN-GPS government who has been in power for far too long is rotten and corrupt. Flush them out like flushing the toilet. Are you ready, friends?
Belinda Ling Moi Hung.
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