Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Dr Maximus Ongkili said this was because of the delay in executing the Selangor water supply industry restructuring agreement.
"Right now, the Selangor government has instructed the relevant agency and local authorities to defer the approvals and issuance of permits for the building of the water treatment plant until the restructuring exercise is
He said the federal government had already taken the action needed to enforce the water supply industry restructuring for Selangor and the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.
The minister said the restructuring exercise could not be fully resolved yet following the Selangor government's failure to fulfil the conditions in the master agreement signed between the state government and
In fact, he added, the Selangor government had deferred the gazetting of the remaining 23 plots of land applied for acquisition by the federal government for the project.
"The federal government will not give up
"We have not given up
In March, Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali revoked the Selangor water supply industry restructuring agreement, claiming that the federal government had breached the agreement.
That action was taken even though the federal government and Selangor government had signed a memorandum of understanding on the restructuring exercise which had prolonged since 2008 until February 2014.
