Focus on finishing Kedah’s water treatment plants, Akmal tells Sanusi
Focus on finishing Kedah’s water treatment plants, Akmal tells Sanusi
PETALING JAYA: Kedah menteri besar Sanusi Nor should focus on completing the five water treatment plants in the state that should have been finished in 2023, says deputy energy transition and water transformation minister Akmal Nasrullah Nasir.
Taking aim at the Perikatan Nasional election director’s claims that Sungai Bakap’s water woes remain unresolved because of apparent racial discrimination by the Penang government, Akmal said that going by the same logic, Merbok, Langkawi and many other areas with greater Malay populations also faced the same problem.
“Among the many discussions on the issue of water supply, the most shallow argument must be that water supply is insufficient in an area solely because it is a Malay area.
“It is not an argument of competency, or the mitigating steps taken, but one of race. That makes no sense at all.
“So let’s trash this argument and view this from a more rational perspective,” he said in a Facebook post today.
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Akmal said Sungai Bakap, in Seberang Perai Selatan, is at the edge of the water supply system, 53km from the Sungai Dua water treatment plant, which also supplies the north and central Seberang Perai districts.
“Seven mitigating steps have been taken – including upgrading pump houses and setting up compact treatment plants – to alleviate the situation.
“The real game-changer would be if the transfer of water between Kerian and Seberang Perai materialises.
It was reported yesterday that the Perak government had agreed to supply water to Penang through the yet-to-be-built Kerian Integrated Green Industrial Park.
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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said this was agreed upon by the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah, and menteri besar Saarani Mohamad.
In his speech launching PN’s by-election machinery for Sungai Bakap on Saturday, Sanusi asked why there was not enough water in Sungai Bakap compared with George Town.
“This is a ‘Tok Lebai’ area,” Sanusi had said, using a label given to PAS supporters.
“The people here have the same skin colour as I do. Do you think they care about you?
“Only these areas have (water) issues. About 60% of residents here are like me, that is why there are issues.”
Focus on finishing Kedah’s water treatment plants, Akmal tells Sanusi
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