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SHAH ALAM: The Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, has expressed his great disappointment at the complaints and plight of people facing water supply disruptions while fighting the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sultan Sharafuddin’s private secretary, Muhamad Munir Bani, said that the Ruler also sent a letter to Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari on September 8 about the recurring water supply problem.
“In the letter, His Highness has given advice and some recommendations and points of view to overcome the problem, but there seems to be no effect because the same problem keeps happening to make his beloved subjects uncomfortable,” Muhamad Munir said.
He said that Sultan Sharafuddin, since 2009, had written several letters to both the Federal Government and the Government of Selangor not to politicize the problem of water supply and to resolve it immediately, as water was a basic need.
A total of 1,196,457 Air Selangor user accounts involving 1,292 areas in the Klang Valley today experienced unscheduled supply disruptions after four Sungai Selangor water treatment plants were shut down due to contamination from the raw water sources.
Water supplies will be restored starting at 8 am tomorrow.
Muhammad Munir said that Sultan Sharafuddin has also raised concerns about the recent increase in Covid-19 cases in Selangor and across the country.
He urged people to obey health and safety protocols. Besides making sure they wear face masks in public areas, Sultan Sharafuddin has also advised people not to go outside if there is no urgent need, Muhammad Munir said.
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