CHIEF Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor has instructed the Water Department to invoke the laws under its purview and bring the culprits involved in water thefts to court.
“Similarly, we want factories found stealing water to be brought to court instead of merely issuing them compounds,” he said.
Department for a briefing following the demonstration by a group that included Universiti Malaysia Sabah students demanding the water issues to be resolved.“The State Cabinet was briefed that during the past two months, UMS only experienced water outage for one or two days due to burst pipes,” he said, adding that the Department had been supplying water to UMS between four million to seven million litres daily coupled with the well tube that can supply one million litres daily.
“Perhaps, the Water Department could install a 500-litre tank at the site and charge the people there for the water. This will prevent them from reconnecting illegally to the mains,” he said.
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