The country would have saved at least RM700mil so far had the Selangor state government not dragged its feet in approving the construction of the Langat 2 water treatment plant, Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Peter Chin said.
He said so far, the federal government had to approve this amount to build several mitigation projects to ensure adequate water supply to Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, which would not have been necessary had the project, now 32 months behind schedule, been allowed to proceed on schedule.
He said that the Langat 2 project was planned in 2000 based on the findings of experts, who highlighted that the plant, which would treat raw water from Pahang, was the best option in view of the rapid increase in population and industrial development in these regions.
“At the end of the day, you still have to build Langat 2, yet you still have to spend this additional cost. This is the result of what is happening today just because the Selangor government did not agree to our proposal,” he told Bernama in an interview.
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