Water treatment plant completed
LAPOK: The muchdelayed Tinjar Water Treatment Plant project has been completed and the Rural Water Supply Department (JBALB) is looking into mending the leaky tanks before it can be commissioned.
Marudi assemblyman and Assistant Minister of Local Government Datu Dr Penguang Manggil said during his recent Chinese New Year visit to Lapok Town he instructed SAO Belayong Pok to liaise with the department to assist shop owners there with application for water supply.
“I have instructed SAO Belayong to liaise with JBALB to put up counters for the shop owners to get and fill in the necessary application forms to get the water connected to their shops,” he said.
He said water from the treatment plant to the target areas is expected to be supplied in the near future, which would pave the way for Lapok to be a cleaner town.
This much-awaited water supply is welcomed by shopkeepers and members of the public who have to put up with the slippery and muddy road during rainy days which gets dusty during the dry spell.
Marudi constituency was allocated RM22 million under the 11th Malaysia Plan to expand coverage of treated water supply to more longhouses, which would be sourced from this RM27-million water treatment plant.
The project was delayed due to soil erosion near the river bank.
The first phase of pipe-laying was completed in January 2011 and distribution pipelines had reached many of the longhouses.
Things are getting better for Lapok after Penguang stepped up last year to get shop houses there connected to the state power grid system.
The shopkeepers were reluctant to come up with RM20,000 for connection, prompting Penguang to pledge that he would seek funds to subsidise the connection after the issue was raised by DAP Pujut assemblyman Dr Ting Tiong Choon.
The shop proprietors have been relying on generator sets for electricity.
Lapok and Ulu Teru region were only connected to the grid system late last year.