The Selangor government has accepted with open hearts the recent reprimand by the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, who expressed concern regarding the level of cleanliness in the Royal City of Klang and the flash flood situation in the state.
During his speech at the investiture of state awards and medals in conjunction with the 79th birthday of Selangor Sultan on Wednesday (Dec 11), Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said a special task force has been set up as a commitment of the state government to expedite the implementation of flood mitigation efforts to avoid delays due to the culture of working in silos at the agency level.
Amirudin also highlighted the state’s efforts to implement the Raw Water Guarantee Scheme, which aims to ensure uninterrupted water supply from the Hybrid Off-River Storage System (HORAS) during incidents of river pollution, safeguarding the operations of water treatment plants.
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During his speech at the investiture of state awards and medals in conjunction with the 79th birthday of Selangor Sultan on Wednesday (Dec 11), Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said a special task force has been set up as a commitment of the state government to expedite the implementation of flood mitigation efforts to avoid delays due to the culture of working in silos at the agency level.
Amirudin also highlighted the state’s efforts to implement the Raw Water Guarantee Scheme, which aims to ensure uninterrupted water supply from the Hybrid Off-River Storage System (HORAS) during incidents of river pollution, safeguarding the operations of water treatment plants.
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00:00I am aware that Your Majesty is not only committed to various economic activities to stabilize
00:17the Kingdom of Sulawesi as a sovereign state on the continent of Southeast Asia, in line
00:21with the face-to-face region in Asia.
00:23This aspect is certainly very important.
00:26But I also declare my commitment that the Kingdom of Sulawesi will not only be measured
00:32through high-quality economic performance and job opportunities for the people, but
00:37also in terms of the strength of the Kingdom of Sulawesi to succeed in adapting to climate
00:43change challenges, especially in the flood or drought season.
00:48In the face of this challenge, Your Majesty has become the first country in Malaysia to
00:53launch a climate change base in the Kingdom of Sulawesi to streamline short-term efforts
00:59as well as long-term efforts, including a plan of action that will be developed by each
01:04authority involving joint responsibility between state and local associations.
01:11This administration is open-minded.
01:14Your Majesty's latest address was about Your Majesty's concern for the fate of the
01:19people of Sulawesi, especially in the flood issue in several areas.
01:26So far, Your Majesty has established a joint task force involving state and local associations
01:33so that the slow and hard work of mitigating the flood is seen in a comprehensive context.
01:40In fact, the new party has also emphasized to all members of the State Council that we
01:45can no longer waste time in the efforts to mitigate the flood, be it in the form of
01:51deepening the river or widening the channel to the reservoirs of money-saving functions.
01:58All this has been determined as much as Rp1.774 billion, i.e. Rp575 million in the Kalang area,
02:09such as the Kalang River Flood Control Plan Section 25, Syak Alam, Kapah River, Rasah River,
02:15Meru River, Rasau River, and as much as Rp1.2 billion in the Damansara River Flood Control Plan
02:23and the Kalang and Rasau River money-saving functions.
02:28Your Majesty has stated a commitment to speed up the implementation of these measures
02:33in order to avoid the previous negligence as a result of the culture of working in a silo at the agency level.
02:40Your Majesty, I would also like to express my commitment to Your Majesty.
02:45Because on that day, the Prime Minister, Your Majesty, will try hard and persistently
02:53to face the challenges of climate change, including him and I will go down to see for ourselves
02:59the projects and implementation of flood mitigation processes and the entire economic project in Selangor
03:06to ensure that Selangor remains a prosperous and prosperous country.
03:14Your Majesty, several decades ago, in our country, we also faced different water challenges,
03:22namely the risk of pollution of fresh water in rivers that have caused them to stop working in the water treatment lodges.
03:29In addition to the implementation of the Zero Discharge Policy and the Political Spare Principle,
03:35Your Majesty has also moved forward with the efforts of the Fresh Water Guarantee Scheme
03:39which uses smart technology and innovation that allows water treatment lodges to continue to be flooded with fresh water
03:46in the Hybrid Off-River Storage System, HORAS, while handling the incident of fresh water pollution in Selangor.
03:54This allows Your Majesty to reduce the risk of river water pollution by 90% with a cost of Rp320 million.
04:04I would like to inform you that up to now, 2 out of 4 primary facilities have been fully prepared,
04:11while 2 other water treatment lodges in Selangor, Phase 1, 2 and 3, will be fully ready by the end of this month or the end of 2024.
04:24This will allow us to reduce the risk of unemployment,
04:30and the water channels and water supply to all people in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur
04:36to continue 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 30 days a month.