KAPIT, Sept. 16 -- The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) will discuss with the state Drainage and Irrigation Department on the need to install two more telemetry stations for Kapit Division to detect water levels after heavy downpours.

Its chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah said the new stations would be at Nanga Tulie and Nanga Mujong.

He said the station in Song would be equipped with a new battery to allow it to operate.

The division currently has 11 such stations being put up along the riverbanks.

"They are very important to measure rainfall volume and monitor water levels of the rivers, serving as early flood warning system," he said after being briefed on the flood situation in Kapit Division here.

"If the people can be...