CITY Hall is arranging to have treated water delivered to the rural community, who receive water via a gravity system, at 19 villages within its rating area.
A spokesman for the agency said it had received feedback that these individuals were struggling to get by during the present dry spell in the State.“The respective ‘Ketua Kg’ contacted our ‘Pusat Kawalan Operasi Becana ’ about the plight of their local communities,” he said.
Among the former, he said, were Kg Tebobon Bukit, Kg Keliangau, Kg Mansiang, Kg Muhibbah Baru, Kg Dato, Kg Lobou Satu, Kg Lobou Aman, Kg Kepayan Baru, Kg Lanit, Kg Rakyat Baru, Kg Naalap and Kg Binaung. “The villages in Inanam include Kg Karumbiyaan, Kg Talimakas, Kg Kionsom Tengah, Kg Kiambalang, Kg Dambai, Kg Tenggiling, Kg Tamalang Silou.”
A Water Department spokesman said it was helpless to intervene in this situation – other than providing the local authorities with treated water – as the gravity system was not under the its jurisdiction. “Those servicing areas in the Northern Zone – including Inanam, Manggatal and Sepanggar – can make their way to our Tuaran branch,
Given the excessively hot conditions in the State, however, the water from the hills had long since evaporated, according to him. He said the pockets of river water which remained became places where these villagers took a bath or washed their clothes.
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