The current water crisis in Selangor is due to the state's refusal to approve and implement projects to increase the production of treated water which is currently in short supply, said Syabas technical services executive director V. Subramaniam.
“The current water crisis affecting various areas of Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya is the result of depleting source of treated water to be distributed to consumers,” he said at the company's headquarters in Bangsar, Tuesday.
He added that the short-fall was due to the refusal of the state government to issue the development order for the construction of the Langat 2 treatment plant.
"It is also the result of the state government's failure to gazette the tariff adjustments as stipulated in the concession agreement," he added.
Subramaniam also said that Khalid's statement that raw water currently available in the dams was sufficient to the point of overflowing was inaccurate and confusing.
"Actually, the issue of water shortage, refers to the treated water needed to meet the needs of consumers," he added.
Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim on Monday said the state government intended to take over the operations of Syabas after the company announced its intention to seek permission for immediate water rationing in several parts of the Klang Valley due to a worsening supply shortage.
Khalid had said he doubted that there was a real water crisis in the state as the Selangor water regulator and Syabas board of directors had not been informed of the proposal to start rationing.
Khalid cited Clause 32 of the concession agreement, which he claimed allows the state government to step in to manage operations now undertaken by Syabas, although he conceded that any takeover would need the approval of the Federal Government.
Meanwhile, Selangor executive councillor Dr Xavier Jayakumar said opn Tuesday that the seven dams in the state were full and overflowing.
Dr Xavier, who visited the Semenyih dam on Tuesday, said the it had been full the whole year.
“Water has been overflowing the whole year. And Sungai Semenyih has plenty of water, which means that there is no need to release water from the reservoir into the river,” he said.--TheSTar
No comments:
Post a Comment