KOTA BAHARU: Kelantan receives plenty of help from the federal government although the Barisan Nasional (BN) is an opposition in the state, Kelantan Umno liaison chief Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said.
He said the federal government’s assistance was there for all to see.
But due to the lies being spread by the opposition, he said, there were perceptions that Umno and BN had been blocking development projects for the state.
“Those who spread these lies should look at the bridges and roads and airport which they have been using in the state; didn’t they know that all these are from the federal government?
“The people see this but unfortunately because there are too many lies being spread against the government, there are perceptions among the people of Kelantan that we have blocked (federal development for the state). It’s not true at all,” he told Bernama.
Mustapa, who is International Trade and Industry Minister and Kelantan State-Federal Action Council chairman, said among the programmes in Kelantan are the construction of 14 new mosques, and surau and mosque repair, costing over RM40 million since 2005.
Mustapa said there was also an ongoing construction of the 800-metre second Sultan Yahya Petra bridge, costing RM150 million, connecting Kota Baharu and Pasir Pekan, Tumpat, which, when completed this year, would help ease congestion in the area.
Then there is the Tendong bridge project connection Tendong in Pasir Mas and Wakaf Che Yeh in Kota Baharu as well as the Salor bridge project connecting Salor-Pasir Mas, all of which are from the federal government, he said.
The government is also upgrading the Jalan Kubang Kerian-Sabak, costing RM27 million, to expand its capacity in view of the increasing number of vehicles plying the road. — Bernama