The Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government will make it compulsory for low-cost flats to have nurseries, said its Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar.

He said the policy proposal would be submitted to the Cabinet immediately after the ministry has discussed it in detail.

"I will recommend the policy to the Cabinet and it will be jointly implemented by the Department of Social Welfare through the National Blue Ocean Strategy," he told reporters after a working visit to the Desa Mentari low-cost flats on Monday, April 10.

Commenting on the visit, Noh said the ministry had approved an allocation of RM1.1 million to provide two new lifts to Block 6 of the flats while the lift in Block 4 will be repaired.

He said the lift facility provided by the ministry gives convenience to the residents after the existing elevators were damaged and not repaired for a long time.