KUALA TERENGGANU: The Terengganu agriculture sector’s estimated losses from the recent floods amount to over RM10mil.

       State agriculture, agro-based industry and rural development committee chairman Dr Azman Ibrahim said the paddy and freshwater fish industries were among the worst-hit segments.

       "The actual value of the losses is being ascertained but I estimate the total to be more than RM10mil.

       "I have presented this preliminary data to the state executive council as the agricultural disaster fund (previously allocated) was only RM1mil for January to December this year," he said after chairing a Radiation Protection Conference and Workshop here Monday (March 7).

       He also said Setiu, Besut and Hulu Terengganu were among the districts hit hardest by the floods where thousands of hectares of paddy crops in Besut and Setiu were damaged, while freshwater fish farms along the Terengganu River were wiped out.

       Terengganu was hit by floods from Feb 25 to Saturday (March 5), the worst in five waves of the North-East Monsoon since Dec 2. – Bernama