SYARIKAT Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) said some of the families in Kampung Sekma Sentul who are still using well water could not apply for piped water because of the land status.
In fact, the private company took it upon themselves to fix a 75mm HDE pipe from Jalan Sentul to Kampung Sekma in 2007 after they took over the water supply distribution.
“The pipe is 850 metres long from the Jalan Sentul Pasar junction till Kampung Sek Mah. The cost of the installation is RM80,000 and it was fully borne by Syabas to ensure the 25 families have clean water,” said Syabas’ corporate coommunications and public affairs general manager Abdul Halem Mat Som.
Syabas was responding to a StarMetro article headlined “Century-old village still waiting for water” on Sept 11 regarding Kampung Sekma folk in Sentul who are still using well water.
However, Halem said out of the 25 families, only 13 have applied for clean water supply while the rest cannot do so due to the land status.
“Most of them cannot apply for their water supply as the land does not belong to them and they need to get the permission of the owner to apply,” he added.
In July 2008, Syabas once again distributed forms to the 12 residents through the MP of the Batu area, Tian Chua. However, they did not receive any reply from the residents and new applications have not been made.
Syabas employees also visit the area on a regular basis and will continue to do so. According to Halem, Syabas was willing to meet the residents once again to sort out the problem.
“The reason they do not have water supply is because they never applied for it, we sincerely ask all residents to apply for clean piped water,” he added.
Halem also urged residents to get approval from their land owners before applying for water supply.
Meanwhile Batu MP, Tian Chua said he received the application forms earlier this week and would meet with the residents soon to resolve the problems.
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