KUALA LUMPUR: The Selangor government will build two water treatment plants at a cost of RM800 million from next year while waiting for the completion of the Langat 2 project, expected to be in 2019.
Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali said the two projects, Semenyih 2 Water Treatment Plant in Jenderam Hilir and Labohan Dagang Water Treatment Plant in Kuala Langat, were to mitigate the water supply crisis in the interest of the people and industries in the state.
“The tender process for the Semenyih plant project will start this December and the project expected to begin in the first quarter of 2016.
“For the Labohan Dagang water treatment plant, the tender will open in March next year, the latest, and the project to start in mid-2016,” he told reporters after his working visit to the Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) headquarters, here, yesterday.
Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary company of the state government, officially took over the management operations of Syabas and Puncak Niaga Sdn Bhd on Oct 15, 2015.
Mohamed Azmin said while waiting for the completion of the water treatment plant projects, the Selangor government was carrying out a water conservation public awareness campaign programme.
Asked on the proposal by the communications director of Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah), Khalid Abdul Samad, for the issue involving the position of the state government be resolved through a cooperation agreement between Pakatan Harapan and PAS, the menteri besar said: “That’s just his proposal … we will discuss (the matter).”
Mohamed Azmin said he would meet with Amanah Selangor this Thursday to discuss all matters related to the issue. — Bernama