The Works Ministry has allocated RM1.4 billion for repairing critical infrastructure such as roads, bridges and slopes at 987 locations that were affected by the recent floods.

Its minister, Fadillah Yusof, said they involved slope failures at 449 locations, floods (443 locations), flash floods (62), collapsed roads (23), sinkholes (five) and damaged or collapsed bridges (five).

He said of this number, clean-up work had been completed at...