No water rationing in Selangor unwise, says MP

Selangor DAP committee member and Klang MP, Charles Santiago, regarded the decision by Abdul Khalid as "unwise".

He claimed the water crisis in the state had reached a critical level and that the decision by Abdul Khalid to not carry out the second water rationing exercise was to safeguard his (Abdul Khalid's) political interest.

Santiago claimed that the water level at the Sungai Selangor Dam, which supplied water to some 60 percent of consumers in the Klang Valley, could dip 30 percent by end of next week.

However, State Youth and Sport, Infrastructure and Public Utilities Permanent Committee chairman Dr Ahmad Yunus Hairi, when contacted by Bernama, said the water level at the dam had yet to reach a critical level.

"As of today (Saturday), the water level at the Sungai Selangor dam is at 33 percent and this, according to the Selangor Water Management Board (Luas), does not include the percentage of sedimentation, like mud, etc.

"As said by the Menteri Besar, there is no plan yet to carry out water rationing because the current water level can still accommodate the people's needs," he said.

In a related development, Dr Ahmad Yunus said there were attempts by some quarters to sabotage efforts by the state government to provide water supply to the people.

The act of sabotage, the second, occurred at the Hang Tuah pond, Bestari Jaya near here, at about 2.30am Friday when a patrol team there found six power pack pumps used to channel water to the pond damaged, he said in a statement.