Owners of Kg Sahom homestay lose about RM50,000 due to flash floods

KAMPAR, Jan 14 (Bernama) -- Owners of a homestay owner in Kampung Sahom, here, incurred losses of about RM50,000 due to a flash flood in the area on Wednesday (Jan 11).

Their representative, Nasruliyati Lasa, 45, said the the incident affected eight units of the homestay, operated by two sisters for the past 10 years, adding that the homestay is near Sungai Rias and that the flash flood affected equipment and supplies provided for visitors.

“There was heavy rain and thunder during the incident. We thought it was the usual occurrence since it is common here. But the situation worsened until flood waters rose at the entrance to the homestay… a small bridge leading to the place collapsed,” she told Bernama when met in the area.

It was reported that, so far, 91 residents of Kampung Sahom have been evacuated to the SK Sahom relief centre since Wednesday night after flash floods affected several houses in the village and the water level of Sungai Rias rose sharply following continuous rain that day.

Nasruliyati said her team had to bear the losses because it had to cancel 20 reservations made in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebrations.

Meanwhile, Mohd Azlan Helmi, theTualang Sekah state assemblyman, who is also the Communications, Multimedia and Non-Governmental Oganisations Committee chairman, said they are collecting data related to losses incurred by operators or tourism industry entrepreneurs in the area before handing it over to the relevant agencies.

-- BERNAMA