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GREETINGS,
DAULAT
TUANKU AND RAJA PERMAISURI !!!!!
Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah
Sultan Ahmad Shah today described the Sungai Gong water pollution incident
which caused a major water disruption in the Klang Valley as an irresponsible
action that harmed to the people.
While expressing his disappointment over
the incident, His Majesty decreed that those involved in causing the pollution
be taken to court and, if convicted, be punished with heavier penalties.
“Sultan Abdullah who has been following
the development of the incident from the first day of the unscheduled water
disruption is really concerned about the grievances and burden of the people
facing the problem.
“His Majesty has also expressed sympathy
to the people who had to queue up to get a pail of water every time the water
supply is disrupted,” Comptroller of the Royal Household of Istana Negara Ahmad
Fadil Shamsuddin said in a statement today.
According to him, Sultan Abdullah said
this during an audience granted to the Environment and Water Minister Tuan
Ibrahim Tuan Man at Istana Negara.
His Majesty said the pollution of Sungai
Gong was a repeated case which not only affected the people but also the local
economy as many businesses had to cease operations due to the unscheduled water
disruption.
The pollution incident at Sungai Gong,
which began last Thursday, had caused 1.2 million Air Selangor consumer
accounts and approximately five million users in seven regions in the Klang
Valley to suffer an unscheduled water supply disruption.
Earlier, media reports said that the
authorities had identified a factory as the source of pollution which forced
four water treatment plants in Selangor to stop their operations.
The water supply disruption was not the
first experienced by residents in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur as a similar
incident had occurred before the implementation of the movement control order
early this year.
Apart from stern actions, Sultan
Abdullah also called on the authorities, especially the Environment and Water
Ministry through the Department of Environment, to enhance monitoring and law
enforcement to ensure such incident of river pollution would not recur.
“Sultan Abdullah also expressed support
to the Selangor government’s action in ordering the factory owner to demolish
the building structure after the land used for heavy machinery maintenance work
was found to not have planning approval from the local authority,” Ahmad Fadil
added.
He said the King also expressed
appreciation to Air Selangor and the relevant government agencies for their
swift action to restore the water supply to affected areas.
Ahmad Fadil said the King also decreed
for environmental care to be given focus by the authorities, especially in the
governance and management of rivers, as well as in increasing awareness among
the people.
The love and care for the environment should be inculcated among the people by providing early education to children and by organising programmes to clean public areas, he added.
TAN SRI DATUK ROBERT PHANG MIOW SIN.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
CHAIRMAN – SOCIAL CARE FOUNDATION
Source : https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/541673
07th Sept 2020
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