1Malaysia water tanks a rip-off


Government planners appeared to have abandoned a fact which Sabah experiences prolonged durations of dry weather as well as provision armoured column to villagers to collect sleet H2O was absurd.
KOTA KINABALU: Something is not right over a placement of 40,000 cosmetic 1Malaysia H2O armoured column to consumers in frugally grown Sabah as well as Sarawak.
Kota Kinabalu MP Hiew King Cheu, an engineer by training, pronounced Budget 2013 appeared to value a armoured column during 5 times a market price during RM2,500 per section when it was well well known which particular units price customarily RM500.
He pronounced a tall price for something as simple as a H2O tank to residents in semi-rural as well as farming areas in a state where piped H2O has yet to strech them is troubling.
Hiew pronounced which a random check conducted here revealed which a H2O tank similar to a 1Malaysia H2O tank price customarily RM500.
"This plus transport price as well as in accord with profit, it [government-supplied tank] should not be which expensive. Now this is 5 times a price as well as there should be an explanation," he said.
Budget 2013 showed which a total of RM100 million had been allocated to Sabah as well as Sarawak to supply 40,000 cosmetic H2O armoured column for a farming districts to store sleet water. This functions out to RM2,500 per tank.
Most of a farming districts as well as even a little semi-urban areas in Sabah lack piped H2O supply. The supply of cosmetic H2O armoured column is seen as a pre-election sugar base most like a placement of zinc sheets to those vital in dilapidated shacks in farming a! reas.
It is additionally seen as a short-term resolution to a problem confronting thousands in a resource-rich state which was rated in a 2010 World Bank report as having a top number of poverty-stricken people in a country.
Hiew pronounced a government's brand new budget does not appear to residence this fact.
"There is a need for treated H2O for a farming districts. Rain H2O picked up as well as stored in H2O tank is customarily not clean," he said, adding which a armoured column could turn tact grounds for mosquitoes.
He pronounced supervision planners appeared to have abandoned a fact which there were prolonged durations of dry weather in tools of a state as well as provision armoured column to villagers to collect sleet H2O was absurd.
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