Kuala Lumpur: A Sarawak MP has called for a special task force to hasten the implementation of 36 delayed water projects in rural Sabah and Sarawak.
Edwin Banta said the task force should comprise representatives from the relevant ministries, the rural water supply departments of Sabah and Sarawak, as well as industry experts.He said that the states’ rural water supply departments had only been involved in terms of project monitoring, while the pre-contract process was entirely handled by the rural and regional development ministry.
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Edwin likewise said that the allocation for the water projects should be channelled directly to the states’ rural water supply departments as the implementing entities. “Periodic oversight mechanisms involving both federal and state governments must be established, too,” said Edwin.
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