Construction work for the Pahang-Selangor raw water transfer project are on track with several vital components moving ahead of schedule.
Pahang Housing, Public Amenities and Transport Committee chairman Datuk Mohd Soffi Abdul Razak said that with the exception of the Langat 2 water treatment plant for which the Selangor Government has yet to give the green light work on the other major components was progressing smoothly.
“Up to Aug 31, 67% or 22.9km of the 44.6km long tunnel has been completed,” Mohd Soffi said. “Work on the water pumps and valves are at 47.2% while 59.7% of the dual piping system is already done.
“Only the Klau Dam is behind schedule by 17% due to a delay in acquiring land to resettle the 115 orang asli households,” he said yesterday.
Mohd Soffi said he felt obligated to respond to statements by Selangor executive councillor Dr Xavier Jayakumar on Tuesday, challenging Pahang Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob to revoke the water agreement deal between the two states.
Mohd Soffi said Dr Xavier was not aware of the full details of the agreement, adding that Pahang had given much for national development, including setting a price of just 10 sen per cubic metre.
“We have to relocate an orang asli settlement in Lembah Klau and some plantation land belonging to Felda scheme, so that the project can take off.
“The fact is, Selangor is not going to pay a single sen as the RM8bil project is to be financed by international funding arrangements with Japan and the Federal Government,” he said, adding that approval for the tunnel entering both states had already being obtained earlier even before Pakatan Rakyat came to power.
Mohd Soffi said the only hindrance now was the absence of an approval by the Selangor Government for a “development order” to construct the Langat 2 treatment plant.
“We expect work on all the components to be completed by the middle of 2014, and if Langat 2 plant is not given the go-ahead, the whole project will not take off.
“Its construction requires about two years and if it is to proceed now, would be completed in about the same time,” he said, while pointing out that a 80ha site for the Langat 2 plant had already been earmarked and acquired.
Mohd Soffi said he was willing to extend an invitation to the Selangor Government to see for themselves the progress of the project in Pahang.
The water transfer project was supposed to pump 1,890 million litres of raw water daily from Sungai Semantan in Pahang to the Hulu Langat water treatment facility in Selangor.
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