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KUALA LUMPUR: The Selangor government will instruct the factory responsible for the pollution in Sungai Selangor, which caused water interruptions for more than 1.2 million people in the Klang Valley, to vacate the land it occupies.
At a press conference, Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari said that the factory in the Sungai Gong industrial area in Rawang had already been closed.
He said the state had ordered the land to be vacated as it had violated the terms of the Gombak District and the Land Office. An official notice will be issued to the factory owners on Monday.
The land must be vacated and returned to its rightful owner.
“We have asked the owner to rehabilitate the land. The building has to be demolished, ”he said, adding that this will be done within the next three to four months, although the site will be closed.
“We have also asked Air Selangor and Tenaga Nasional Berhad to cut off the supply of water and electricity to the factory to prevent it from restarting operations,” he said today at Air Selangor headquarters.
Water contamination was detected in Sungai Gong, Rawang, which flows into Sungai Sembah and enters Sungai Selangor, which is a water reservoir.
Earlier, Air Selangor said it had resumed supplying water to affected users at noon today, and more than 50% of the affected areas are expected to receive water supply over the next two days.
The affected areas are Petaling, Klang, Gombak, Kuala Lumpur, Hulu Selangor, Kuala Langat and Kuala Selangor.
Amirudin said the factory had previously been fined RM60,000 for polluting water sources in March, but officials lacked sufficient evidence to take further action.
“The Environment Department said it has issued the company a compound fine and the Selayang Municipal Council has issued an order for the company to stop operating, which it complied with,” he said.
“But they resumed operations after the movement control order in June.”
Amirudin also advised the public not to rush to collect water, as he said it would disrupt the process of redistributing water to residents.
Earlier today, Selangor Police Chief Noor Azam Jamaludin said that the four brothers who own the factory were arrested last night.
The case is being investigated under Section 430 of the Penal Code, and the four men have been in preventive detention for six days.
Meanwhile, Bernama reported that the Chief Minister and Minister of Industry and International Trade, Mohamed Azmin Ali, had urged the Selangor government to take more drastic measures against the parties that caused the pollution of the rivers that affected the use of water for the home users in the state.
“The Selangor state administration must take strong action because pollution and disruption of the water supply have a huge impact not only on users but also on the nation’s industries and economy.
“When it was the Selangor menteri kissing earlier, I took firm action not only by closing the factories located along the river bank (illegal factories) but also dragging the wrongdoers to court for their irresponsible actions,” he said during his visit. to Perlis today. .
Azmin was Selangor menteri kissing from 2014 to 2018.
