3 more copters to send food to stranded Orang Asli in Gua Musang

3 more copters to send food to stranded Orang Asli in Gua Musang

The fire and rescue department will be using various types of helicopters to access these areas.

Food and other supplies being channelled to an Orang Asli village near Gua Musang yesterday. (Bernama pic)
GUA MUSANG:
The air unit of the fire and rescue department has mobilised three more helicopters to fly food supplies to eight Orang Asli settlements in this district.

This comes after all land routes to these remote villages were left impassable and damaged by rain and mudslides.

The eight settlements are Pos Lalok, Pos Sau, Pos Bihai, Pos Hau, Pos Tendrik, Pos Sempadik, Pos Belatim and Pos Balar.

One of the pilots involved in the air lift, Azuna Mohamed Sabri, said the A109E, AW189 and A139 helicopters had to be mobilised as the Orang Asli settlements did not have suitable landing areas for the Mi-17-IV-type helicopter.

“For today, the A139 helicopter was deployed to send the food supplies to Pos Lalok, Pos Sau and Pos Bihai, while the A109E helicopter was flown to Pos Hau.”

On Sunday, it was reported that 21 tonnes of food supplies for 1,400 families would be sent by helicopters to several Orang Asli settlements.

The five-day operation was mounted with the cooperation of the Civil Defence Force and the Orang Asli development department (Jakoa).

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