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IN In a state where the mere mention of water rationing is enough to give consumers nightmares, water outages are causing losses amounting to millions of ringgit per day to industries that use much of the life-sustaining liquid. .
For this reason, industry players are calling for heavy penalties, including mandatory imprisonment, for those responsible for the pollution that causes the closure of water treatment plants, resulting in unscheduled water outages.
They also want the courts to force water polluters to compensate manufacturers and companies for their losses.
Commenting on the latest water outage affecting some 1.2 million account holders in the Klang Valley after four Sungai Selangor water treatment plants were forced to close due to contamination from industrial effluents, The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) said it supports calls for increased sanctions. to deter polluters.
MEF Executive Director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan told Nanyang Siang Pau in his report yesterday that in previous cases, companies responsible for industrial effluent pollution were only fined.
“The concerned authorities should consider the matter more seriously now.”
“Factories that suffer losses due to water cuts must be compensated. The authorities may consider pushing for higher fines and damages in court. “
Shamsuddin also reminded companies or factories to treat their effluents properly to protect water sources.
The president of the Malaysian SME Association, Datuk Michael Kang Hua Keong, proposed not only increasing the fines, but also including a prison sentence for those guilty of polluting water sources.
He said that some factories had to stop production due to the water cut.
“For factories like those involved in food processing that need a lot of water, the shutdown of production lines means deterioration of raw materials and a drop in production capacity.”
The president of the Selangor branch of the Malaysian Federation, Jacob Lee Chor Kok, said at the last water outage that he received “an SOS” from a member who was seeking the immediate delivery of two water tankers to his factory.
He said the member, whose factory makes semiconductors, claimed that previous water outages had caused him to lose RM3 million a day in revenue.
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