THE completion of laying 22 kilometres of transmission piping between Limbawang and the pumping station at Kayul in Kuala Penyu is expected to end the water shortage in the district and surrounding areas.
Deputy Chief Minister cum Infrastructure Development Minister Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan however said they are resubmitting an application to the federal government for the project to be included under the second Rolling Plan of the Tenth Malaysia Plan.
“If everything goes according to plan, the construction will begin next year. When completed, the production capacity will increase the current 7.5 million litres per day (lpd) to 13 million (lpd),” he said in reply to a question by Kuala Penyu assemblyman John Teo Mau Sing.
Pairin said the government is aware of the water shortage in Kuala Penyu and Menumbok and is taking concrete steps to overcome the problem.
He also told the State Assembly that the upgrading of a road estimated at RM69 million from Kampung Tarawas to Kampung Timbua is also being considered to be listed under the second Rolling Plan.
Pairin was responding to Kundasang assemblyman Dr Joachim Gunsalam’s question on the status of the 22.9km road.