About 70 percent of the construction work at Sections 1 and 2 of the East Coast Rail Line (ECRL), covering 82km from Tunjong in Pasir Puteh to Setiu in Terengganu, was affected by the floods that occurred last week.

Malaysia Rail Link Sdn Bhd (MRL) construction manager (Section 1 and 2) Mohd Azemi Abdullah said the locations affected by the flood involved preliminary works, such as forest clearing the forest, and are in the low-lying area.

"The earthwork is affected by rainwater...