PETALING JAYA: The irrigation and drainage department (DID) in Penang will soon install higher sandbag barriers along the coastlines of Tanjung Bungah and Batu Ferringhi to mitigate coastal erosion.
This follows unusually high waves that have affected these two areas since last year, Bernama reported.
State infrastructure, transport and digital committee chairman Zairil Khir Johari said the short-term mitigation measure involves raising the height of sandbag barriers to ensure they can withstand waves if sea levels rise by up to about 0.6m.