IN LIGHT of the ongoing water crisis in Selangor,
questions were raised on the practicality of the state’s free water
scheme during yesterday’s state assembly sitting.
Yeo Bee Yin (DAP-Damanssara Utama) said the state must determine if the scheme was the most effective policy to adopt in view of the current situation.
She said the state had asked for an additional RM82.5mil for the scheme under the Additional Allocation Enactment, and this was unnecessary since the number of users had not increased drastically.
“This means RM165mil will be allocated for the free water scheme, which is 7% of the state’s yearly budget of RM1.85bil and the additional budget of RM491mil,” she said.
According to a written answer to a question from Yeo, RM77.5mil had been spent on free water and, with the additional allocation, Selangor would have spent RM1bil so far.
Yeo said a lot of residents had questioned the necessity of the free water scheme if they were deprived of water due to the water-rationing exercise.
Speaking to reporters after her speech, she said although the water problem had been caused by the weather, it has given the state an opportunity to review the money invested in the free water scheme over the long run.
Yeo Bee Yin (DAP-Damanssara Utama) said the state must determine if the scheme was the most effective policy to adopt in view of the current situation.
She said the state had asked for an additional RM82.5mil for the scheme under the Additional Allocation Enactment, and this was unnecessary since the number of users had not increased drastically.
“This means RM165mil will be allocated for the free water scheme, which is 7% of the state’s yearly budget of RM1.85bil and the additional budget of RM491mil,” she said.
According to a written answer to a question from Yeo, RM77.5mil had been spent on free water and, with the additional allocation, Selangor would have spent RM1bil so far.
Yeo said a lot of residents had questioned the necessity of the free water scheme if they were deprived of water due to the water-rationing exercise.
Speaking to reporters after her speech, she said although the water problem had been caused by the weather, it has given the state an opportunity to review the money invested in the free water scheme over the long run.
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