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PAGE 3 2 NEWS Selangor Journal l OCTOBER 2020 MB guarantees sufficient water supply till 2065 By NORRASYIDAH ARSHAD However, development of the water supply system will involve high costs, SUBANG JAYA - Selangor has sufficient said the Menteri Besar. water supply for domestic and industri- “Until last August, all dams recorded al use to last until 2065, said its Menteri a water reservoir capacity of more than Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari. 95 per cent due to high rainfall distribu- “This is the result of a study conduct- tion in the catchment area,” he said. ed by the Selangor government regard- The high percentage of capacity ing the source, supply and distribu- means the water treatment plants are tion of water in the state,” he said in a able to store raw water for three months speech read out by the State Infrastruc- if there is no rain. ture and Public Amenities, Agricultural “The current status shows that Selan- Modernisation and Agro-based Indus- gor has sufficient water for the people’s try Committee chairman Izham Hashim use although disruptions to supply due in conjunction with the state-level World to pollution will cause many to experi- Rivers Day celebration here on Sept 26. ence unscheduled water cuts,” he said. Amirudin said ongoing efforts to up- World Rivers Day is an annual global grade Selangor’s waterworks through celebration of the world’s waterways, the Hybrid Off River Augmentation Sys- held on the fourth Sunday of Septem- tem (HORAS) 3000 and the Sungai Ra- ber, and was initiated to increase pub- Amirudin (third from left) pictured at the HORAS 600 after the launching ceremony of sau project will guarantee a continuous lic awareness on the many values of the first HORAS project in Bestari Jaya, Kuala Selangor, on Nov 27, 2019 supply of water for the people. rivers. Selangor to push ahead for State assures degazetted RM1 million fine land will be replaced KUALA LUMPUR - Those who cause forms of punishment for water pollut- KUALA LANGAT - The Selangor ad- cess on the proposed degazettement and pollution to Selangor’s rivers will face ers,” he said. ministration will replace the Kuala Lan- I hope that the public will present their a minimum fine of RM200,000 or The text of his speech was read by gat North Forest Reserve with a total of objections professionally through this not exceeding RM1 million, and a jail Selangor Infrastructure and Public 1,177.31 hectares of land should it pro- platform,” he said. term of up to three years through an Amenities, Agricultural Modernisa- ceed with its plans to degazette the for- The Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve amendment to the Selangor Waters tion and Agro-based Industry Com- est reserve area. was gazetted on May 13, 1927, with a total Management Authority (Luas) Enact- mittee chairman Izham Hashim at the Selangor state executive councillor area of 7,247 hectares. Today, only ment 1999. state-level World Rivers Day celebra- for environment Hee Loy Sian (pic) 957.6 hectares of it remain. Under the current Section 70 of the tion 2020 and the launch of the Friends said the administration will ga- In February, the Selangor Luas Enactment, anyone caught pol- of River Initiative in Subang Jaya, near zette a bigger area to include government published a luting Selangor’s waterways is liable here on Sept 26. 308.6 hectares of the Sungai public notice announcing to a fine not exceeding RM100,000 or Meanwhile, Amirudin said the State Panjang Forest Reserve, 606.8 its plan to degazette 930.93 imprisonment of not more than three Executive Council has decided for Luas hectares of the Sabak Bernam hectares (97.1 per cent) of years or both, and a further fine of to set up a special team to monitor Forest Reserve, and the Ampang the reserve land for a mixed RM5,000 for each day the offence is and protect the state’s reservoirs and Pechah forest in Hulu Selangor. development project. committed after a notice by Luas has river basins. “The Selangor State Executive This plan was precipitated been served. He said the Luas ‘Skuad Pantas’ (Rap- Council approved the replacement of by rapid development in the for- Selangor Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri id Squad) would conduct 24-hour mon- the forests on Jan 31. est’s surrounding areas, including the Amirudin Shari said Luas is in the itoring at the Sungai Selangor, Sungai “The state government is also planning building of residential and commercial process of improving the Luas Enact- Langat and Sungai Klang basins. to expand the replacement area to include units in Saujana Putra and Gamuda Cove, ment 1999 and would table it at the “The establishment of this squad 190.2 hectares in Ampang Pechah, Mukim the North-South Expressway Central Link next Selangor State Legislative As- is to further strengthen the previous Buloh Telor, Hulu Langat. Its biodiversity (Elite) and the Bukit Cheeding tea planta- sembly sitting. state government’s initiative, namely makes it suitable as a forest reserve,” he tion. “The improved Luas legislation will the ‘Op Sumber Air’ which started in said when met at a public hearing on the The process of changing the land’s sta- cover all aspects of the state’s water March with the participation of various proposed degazetting of the said forest tus will be made in accordance with Sec- resource management, especially in relevant agencies. reserve at the Amverton Resort on Pulau tion 11 (b) of the National Forestry Act strengthening the laws to enable the “To date, Op Sumber Air has man- Carey on Sept 27. 1984 (Act 313), which allows the state to imposition of higher fines on polluters. aged to intercept seven incidents that Hee said the state administration is degazette forest reserves if it is required “Apart from that, the Department would have caused pollution to the wa- open to receiving objections to the pro- for high economic use. of Environment (DOE) is also in the ter treatment plants. With this squad, posal from economic, social and environ- However, Section 12 of the Act states process of reviewing and amending it is hoped that control measures and mental standpoints. that the degazetted land must be re- the Environmental Quality Act 1974 enforcement will be more stringent “The town hall session was held to con- placed with another forest reserve that is which also emphasises on stricter and serious,” he added. - Bernama tinue with the public investigation pro- approximately equal in size. Selangor Journal l OCTOBER 2020 NEWS 3 Sultan concerned by latest spike in cases SHAH ALAM - Sultan of Selan- to comply with the mandatory one metre from others in pub- Sultan Sharafuddin firm- gor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris quarantine order. lic places, wearing a face mask ly reminded the people to Shah Alhaj has expressed con- Concerned that the people when leaving the house, using play their part to break cern over the spike in the num- have become less vigilant to hand sanitisers, and observing the chain of Covid-19 in- ber of Covid-19 cases nation- the threat of the pandemic, personal hygiene,” read a state- fection in the state and in the wide, particularly in the state. Sultan Sharafuddin called on ment on the Selangor Royal Of- country. His Royal Highness urged all quarters to always observe fice’s Facebook page on Oct 2. According to the latest sta- individuals who are symptom- and not take lightly the stan- The Sultan also specifically tistics as of Oct 9, eight out atic or have just returned from dard operating procedures set advised the 6.5 million people of nine districts in Selangor high-risk areas to immediate- by the government. in Selangor to stay at home and (except for Sabak Bernam) ly undergo Covid-19 screen- “This includes maintaining not go to crowded places un- recorded positive cases of ing tests at the hospital and a physical distance of at least necessarily. Covid-19. - Bernama Swift measures to contain spread SHAH ALAM - The Selangor gov- Members of the meeting have and the date disinfection was car- May 3, 2020. “Due to the new infections ernment has announced sever- also decided to extend the work ried out at the said premises. “We hope that all businesses traced from Sabah, the state ad- al initiatives in its latest efforts to hours of the Selangor Covid-19 The ‘Check your exposure risk’ will clearly display the SELangkah ministration would like to assist break the chain of Covid-19 infec- operations room to 7pm. feature allows users to check posters (at their premises) and the Health Ministry in detecting tion following the recent surge in Furthermore, in a move to pre- whether the premises they are vis- that users will scan the QR code,” Covid-19 cases by initiating target- the number of cases.