“What we do have isn’t logging but works to clean up (forest areas) for certain reasons,” he told reporters on the sidelines of an event at the Selangor assembly building here.

Amirudin said such works included constructing electricity cable networks, which sometimes required passing through forest areas.

He maintained that these activities were tightly controlled and limited.

Yesterday, Pertubuhan Pelindung Khazanah Alam (Peka) said the state government needed to enforce the 25-year logging moratorium, which it reportedly announced in 2010, if it is serious about tackling floods.

The environmental group said logging and deforestation were the root cause of the floods, but the state government focused on costly river widening and deepening initiatives.

Selangor’s recurrent flooding was cast in the spotlight again on Monday after a downpour in the Klang Valley led to flash floods in various parts of the state, including its capital, Shah Alam.

This came hours after Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah expressed regret over the state government’s continued failure to address the persistent floods in the state.

Flood-related losses in Selangor stood at RM52.9 million last year, more than double the RM22.6 million recorded in 2024.